Year 4, Day 183: Deuteronomy 32

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Discipleship Focus: Up

• Up: Up is the word we use for what we worship.  If we are following God’s will, God will occupy the Up position.  Our life, our identity, our mission, our family on mission is all derived from Up.  This is why God needs to be in our Up position.

There are really only two ways to go with this song of Moses.  The predominant theme of this song is how much humanity messes up and is in need of God.  While that is a very real interpretation of this chapter, I think there is a better focus than the fallen nature of humanity.  I believe it pays to focus on the greatness of God.

Who is God in this song of Moses?  God is perfect.  He is just.  He is faithful.  What does God do?  He found the Hebrew people in a desert land.  He cared for them.  He kept them.  He brought them out of their trouble.  He guided them.  He gave them food to eat.  He caused them to be in the high places of the land.

If those aren’t reason to give God praise, I do not know what are.  In this song is a reason to look past humanity and look unto God.  Human beings fail all the time and focus on themselves.  But when we look past humanity and instead focus on God and His greatness we truly have a place to find our identity and live out of it.  When we focus on God, we find community and mission.  When we focus on God, we something to become outside of ourselves.

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