What a heart Moses must have had for his God. He knows his life is drawing to a close, yet he pleads with the Israelites that they be faithful to the God he has seen, heard, and known.
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates." - Deut. 6:4-9 NIV
You can almost hear the pleading in his voice. Don't forget, don't let your children forget. Don't forget God's laws. Don't forget His faithfulness. Don't forget His might and power. Don't forget His promises. Don't forget His love. Don't forget His covenant. "The LORD did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. But it was because the LORD loved you and kept the oath he swore to your forefathers that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands." - Deut. 7:7-9 NIV
Don't forget the Lord our God is one God, an all encompassing One God.
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