Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord
Psalm 33:12 “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom He hath chosen for His own inheritance.”
Two things are considered……
The nation….
And the people….
…..both in their relationship to the Lord.
Moses, in his conversation with Israel right before he died…..and right before they would go in, under Joshua, to inherit the land given them by God,…
……spoke of the faithfulness and mercy of God to His people….and what their relationship to God should be:
Deuteronomy 4:32-33 “For ask now of the days that are past,……since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is or that been heard like it?
Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out to the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
Or hath God assayed to go and take Him a nation from the midst of another nation,…….by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?”
Frankly, Moses is saying:
“Think of it! You have heard God. You have seen His mighty works. He has done this because He loves you….remember His faithfulness.”
Deuteronomy 7:7-8 “The Lord did not set His love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
But because the Lord loved you, and because He would keep the oath which He had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you….”
Deuteronomy 7:12-13 “Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the Lord thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which He sware unto thy fathers:
And He will love thee, and bless thee,…..”
An older preacher once wrote: “All religion is in effect, love.”
That is…..when we truly believe….when we obey His Word…..when we truly worship….when we truly pray….we are loving the Lord. (John 14:15)
Faith sees God,….setting the affections of our hearts,…and our eyes of understanding upon Him, and His Word.
True repentance is mourning love.
Hungering and thirsting after righteousness is searching love.
We prove our love to God, by obedience to Him.
When we deny ourselves…..we are actually denying our self-love.
Everyday that passes, the Christian should be more and more out of love with sin, and self, and the world…..and more in love with God.
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people He hath chosen for HIs inheritance.”
This is truth.
Moses goes on to enumerate the blessings and the curses that the Lord would bring upon them.
Blessings for following Him…..and being His people.
Cursing for following the other nations of the world around them….and forsaking His Way.
Deuteronomy 7:9-10 “Know therefore that the Lord thy God, He is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations;
And repayeth them that hate Him to their face, to destroy them: He will not be slack to him that hateth Him, He will repay him to his face.”
The reason for any falling away from the Lord is also given by Moses:
Deuteronomy 28:47 “Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;”
When we are born again…..we come under the Banner of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We are given liberty of spirit, and freedom from sin.
Are our hearts serving Him with joyfulness…..with gladness?
I started this with: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people He hath chosen for His inheritance.”
I pray for our nation…..May God bless America….
…..but as the early Christians were subjects of the Roman Caesar;…
…yet had another King, Christ Jesus. So we too, are subjects of our nation’s laws….for that is the Lord’s Will (Romans 13:1-5)….yet…
We are subjects of the King of kings…..and He rules, not just in outward laws and ordinances….
….but in inward joy and peace.
Romans 114:17 “For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.”
Let us hold up our nation in prayer for it’s salvation…..from sin and tyranny.
Let us hold up our states,….our communities….and our homes, that the blessing of a Faithful God may come upon it.
Let us know and tell, that:
……the blessing of God comes in knowing and loving Him.
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