Reading
SAA Notes
Moses acts as a mediator between God and Israel time and again. Will Jesus do any less for you? Mediator: 1 Timothy 2:5, Hebrews 8:6, 9:15, 12:24 are applicable verses.
SJA Notes
* God of Light, listen to our prayer, lead us to the rock that is higher than we are, our refuge.
“Not because of your righteousness or uprightness of your heart …”
We see in this passage the same truth as in Ephesians 2,
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
It is not our own righteousness!
It is the Lord who will drive out His enemies before Israel.
Not our own righteousness!
Moses is clear with Israel. It is nothing good in you. It is the Lord, wholly and solely Him and His purposes and power.
Moses spends time pointing to the folly of Israel. Reminding them. Remember! Do not forget it is the Lord who saves, who rescues, who brings you into the land flowing with milk and honey.
Never forget, always remember!
These are good words for us to hear, to wrestle with.
We are sinners. We continue to sin. We need to remember.
But not to stop there!
The passage from Ephesians tells us that God is the one who saves us, and Paul continues later on,
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
Here is a deep understanding, that Jesus brings about a better covenant, one in which His Spirit is at work in each of us (dry bones, life-breathed).
More of Jesus, less of us. His righteousness alone.
* God Above,
Thank You for creating us in Christ Jesus, You in the Person of the Son.
Please help us to walk in the good works that You have prepared beforehand for us.
Thank You Lord!
Amen.