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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
This chapter corresponds with chapter 26 of Leviticus. Together they form a double and solemn testimony, warning Israel of the consequences of her obedience or her disobedience (Job 33:14). "If thou shalt hearken . . . (vv. 1, 2, 13). Many times already in this book the call has resounded: "Hearken, O Israel!" Let each one of us put our own name in place of Israel’s and lend an ear to the Lord’s commandments! "Speak, for thy servant heareth", the young Samuel replied (1 Samuel 3:10). And Christ Himself could say through the Spirit of prophecy: "The Lord God . . . wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned" (Isaiah 50:4). Always connected with this fact of listening to the Word, keeping it and putting it into practice will be the blessing of the Lord (Revelation 1:3). It delights and enriches our souls completely and continually, "in the city or in the fields." Our family life and "all that we set our hands to" will bear its mark (v. 8). We will go from victory to victory (v. 7). Finally this superabundance of spiritual prosperity (v. 11) will not go unnoticed and its origin will be obvious to all: it comes from the Lord to whom we belong and whose name will thus be glorified (v. 10).
