March 3, 2011 Called Heavenward

Called Heavenward
Read Deuteronomy 4-6

Deut 4:33-34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by miraculous signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?

I HAD a difficult time deciding on what to write. This chapter is loaded with honor and worship to God. Read verses 26-28 and you will see a picture of the Exile to happen about 1,000 years later. Read of the promises from God through Moses to care for his people. And contemplate the power of these 2 verses above. Who is God?
Who is God, indeed. Do you really want to know? Then look back over the eons and see LORD JEHOVAH act to make a nation out of all the other nations.
Look and you will see a people called from slavery and from the iron furnaces of Egypt into a land of plenty and peace. They are a nation called to a heavenly purpose. That purpose is for you.
Yes, look and see the LORD JEHOVAH, the provider, choose a nomad and make him the father of a powerful, world-changing nation. He did so to choose you to be a member of the most powerful organization in the world—the Kingdom of God. You are called heavenward because God has called you to him!
Oh, what a blessing! Trust the God who has called you heavenward. Celebrate and rejoice!


Pause and Consider: following God, you are bound for Heaven.