Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 33:26-29
“There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty. The eternal God is your dwelling place… Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, & the sword of your triumph!"

Timeless Truth = Remember who you WERE and know who you ARE

This week has been a huge blessing as I have realized that I have been looking at who I was and failing to realize who I am. The thing that God has been wrecking me with this week is the reality of my identity… that I am not who I formerly was… a slave to sin. This is who I was, but it is not who I am. I must remember who I was but I must be careful to see myself not as my old self but as who I am now in Christ. This has been hard for me as we have gone through the Pentateuch… for I am seeing more and more that I want to love what God loves and despise that which he despises. I want to live this out and not just talk about it anymore… but when I look inward I see that I fail to really truly live this out as much as I would like. I see my sin and weakness and wonder how God could be pleased with a person like me who so often is lacking. In this truth I see that I must see very clearly who I am… that I am not my sin… that I am redeemed by the precious blood of Christ. This isn’t just some cheap sentence to say over myself… this is the absolute REALITY. When God sees me he sees RIGHTEOUS SON… not “lacking sinner”… because of Jesus’ blood poured out on the cross to redeem me as his son. This is TRUTH. As I see who I was the beauty of the TRUTH is all the more precious and life-giving… for I see more and more how worthy of praise God truly is. It was not cheap what Jesus did… it was not some small thing that God would redeem me from the pit of emptiness, saving my soul from eternal death. I see in Deuteronomy the reality of who God is as Deliverer, as Savior, as Provider, as Rock, as Jealous, as Shepherd, as Lover, as Judge, as Just, as Consuming Fire, as Redeemer, as Promise Keeper. God is all of these things over me because of what Jesus has done. Jesus has finished the work of atonement for my sake… that I now live in righteous relationship.
1 Peter 2:10
“Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not
received mercy, but now you have received mercy”
This is who I am… I have been given eternal life in Christ. I once was lost but now am found. I once was dead but now… I AM ALIVE. My hope is in Christ… and this hope is assured.

I don’t know how to apply this necessarily to my life, except that I will no longer look at who I am as sinful. I am going to dwell for a while on a scripture my friend Sam showed me this week.
Micah 7:8-9
“Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me.
“I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my
cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light; I shall look upon his
vindication."
The reality of who I am before God is blameless and spotless and pure and for that I will rejoice. Yeah, even in worship times this week and throughout my day I have been thoroughly blessed to just rejoice in who God is. Hallelujah, what a Savior I have… Hosanna in the Highest… Christ has come and brought life and light and in him there is no darkness or death. Christ is REALITY… God looks upon me and sees his SON… I AM NOT GUILTY… I have absolutely NOTHING TO FEAR… for God loves me. This will be my song… and I will not stop singing ever.