14 Elul 5783 / August 31, 2023
Day 243 Readings
Torah: Ki Tavo, 5th Portion Devarim (Deuteronomy) 27:11-28:6
Deuteronomy 28
1 “Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all His commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. 2 And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, because you obey the voice of the Lord your God:
3 “Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country.
4 “Blessed shall be the [b]fruit of your body, the produce of your ground and the increase of your herds, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flocks.
5 “Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
6 “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
Bible Study Together
Deuteronomy 11
13 ‘And it shall be that if you earnestly [e]obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 then I[f] will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. 15 And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be [g]filled.’ 16 Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them, 17 lest the Lord’s anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.
18 “You shall therefore take these words of mine to [n]heart and to soul; and you shall tie them as a sign on your [o]hand, and they shall be as [p]frontlets [q]on your forehead. 19 You shall also teach them to your sons, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up. 20 And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your sons may be increased on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as [r]long as the heavens are above the earth.
26 “Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; 28 and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. 29 Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30 Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, toward the setting sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, beside the terebinth trees of Moreh? 31 For you will cross over the Jordan and go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess it and dwell in it. 32 And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today.
Romans 13:1-14
NASB
1 Every [a]person is to be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except [b]from God, and those which exist are established by God. 2 Therefore [c]whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. 3 For rulers are not a cause of fear for [d]good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; 4 for it is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a servant of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. 5 Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. 7 Pay to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; [e]respect to whom [f]respect; honor to whom honor.
8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for the one who loves [g]his neighbor has fulfilled the Law. 9 For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” 10 Love [h]does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the Law.
11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now [i]salvation is nearer to us than when we first believed. 12 The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let’s rid ourselves of the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let’s [j]behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and debauchery, not in strife and jealousy. 14 But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts.
365 Daily Kingdom Living
There Will Be A Time.
Our reflection on God's Word today brings us to a greater faith and stronger conviction. The writer tells us "life is tough." Life can be brutal at times. Life's circumstances can allow us to lose heart. We also read that when we fix our eyes on the eternal then the Spirit of faith can rise up in us so we can be renewed day by day. The life of Jesus can be revealed in our body. To our benefit, we are reminded that in these earthly troubles, we will be raised up with Jesus and see grace is reaching more and more people. Then thanksgiving will overflow. Wow, there is a lot going on here then, "Woe is me!"
Prayer: Lord, we cry Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lamb. For You alone are worthy of our praise, honour, and life. We look to You as our source of life, strength, and hope. Blessed be Your Name forever! In the midst of our daily struggles, You are our victory. Help me to walk by faith and not by sight. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Scripture
Job 37
4 After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain[b]the lightning when His voice is heard.
5 Godthunders wondrously with His voice, Doinggreat things which we do not comprehend.
6 For tothe snow He says, ‘Fall on the earth,’ And to the[c]downpour and the rain, ‘Be strong.’
7 Heseals the hand of every person, So thatall people may know His work.
Job 38
8 “Or who shut in the sea with doors,When it burst forth and issued from the womb;9 When I made the clouds its garment,And thick darkness its swaddling band;10 When I fixed My limit for it,And set bars and doors;11 When I said,‘This far you may come, but no farther,And here your proud waves must stop!’
12 “Have you commanded the morning since your days began,And caused the dawn to know its place,13 That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,And the wicked be shaken out of it?14 It takes on form like clay under a seal,And stands out like a garment.15 From the wicked their light is withheld,And the [c]upraised arm is broken.
31 “Can you bind the cluster of thePleiades,[g] Or loose the belt of Orion?
Job 29
11 When the ear heard, then it blessed me, And when the eye saw, then it approved me;
12 Because I delivered the poor who cried out, The fatherless and the one who had no helper.
13 The blessing of a perishing man came upon me, And I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban.
15 I was eyes to the blind, And I was feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor, And I searched out the case that I did not know.
17 I broke the fangs of the wicked, And plucked the victim from his teeth.
2 Corinthians 5:1-10
4 For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as [c]a guarantee.
6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
The Judgment Seat of Christ
9 Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
Psalms 44:9-26
17 All this has come upon us;But we have not forgotten You,Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.18 Our heart has not turned back,Nor have our steps departed from Your way;19 But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals,And covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God,Or stretched[b] out our hands to a foreign god,21 Would not God search this out?For He knows the secrets of the heart.22 Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long;We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?Arise! Do not cast us off forever. 24 Why do You hide Your face,And forget our affliction and our oppression? 25 For our soul is bowed down to the [c]dust;Our body clings to the ground. 26 Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake.
Proverbs 22:13
13 The lazy man says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”
My ABBA,
O GREAT AND GLORIOUS KING of the Universe! I bless YOU My GOD! As my heart cries out to YOU, O GOD My GOD, arise for our help, and redeem us for YOUR mercie's sake, Break the hearts of my brothers and sisters as YOU have broken mine for why should I go through this alone??? I pray awaken us O GOD, help us O GOD for we have been complacent, taking our blessings for granted. Help us O GOD! Grant to me today YOUR grace, I cannot face this day without YOU. I need YOU to rule over me KING JESUS and heal my broken heart. Heal me O GOD! Heal me so that I do not become bitter because of the pain and tragedies that my own family has inflicted on me. Heal me O GOD and take care of my family, if YOU have called me to do great things for YOU then enable me O GOD, and take me from here from glory to glory! I cry out to YOU, my soul clings to the ground to gain YOUR mercy and favor. O GOD, thank YOU for letting me cry today, I will cry some more if YOU want me to because the days are evil, and I cling to YOU, My Life My Everlasting!
Ba HaShem YESHUA HaMashiach, Amen!