Today’s Reading: Deuteronomy 2
It
is so easy, when recounting our past experiences, to focus on the hardships and
difficulties. So often, we tell others
about how hard it had been to go through a particular circumstance or
experience. We love to “sing the blues.” Unfortunately, when we recount our
past, we sometimes fail to mention how God saw us through the hard times. How His hand was upon us and how He fought
for us.
In
today’s passage, Moses is retelling the story of Israel’s wilderness
wanderings. He doesn’t avoid discussing
the hard times: the many days traveling around Mount Seir; the money they had
to spend to buy food and water; the difficulty passing through Moab; the
battles with other nations; the loss of loved ones who perished in the
wilderness; the hunger and thirst they experienced in the wilderness.
But
through the whole story, Moses makes it a point to remind the people of God’s
blessings along the way. He tells them,
“The Lord your
God has blessed you in all the work of your hands.” (V7) “These forty years
the Lord your God has
been with you. You have lacked nothing.” (V7) “The Lord our God gave him [Sihon, king of Heshbon] over to
us, and we defeated him.” (v33) “The Lord our
God gave all into our hands.” (V37)
It is so important for us also to remember the hand
of God upon us during our trials. Sure,
it’s okay to talk of the challenges and difficult chapters you’ve faced in your
life. But when you look back, always
look for the hand of God upon your life and how he has brought you through it
all. Remember that the LORD your God has
blessed you in all the work of your hands.
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