Fear the LORD your God and serve him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his name. He is your praise; he is your God, who performed for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with your own eyes. - Deut. 10:20-21 NIV
The book of Deuteronomy is Moses' recitation of the events of the Children of Israel from their plight in, and then subsequent flight from, Egypt to the edge of the promised land. It is the story of a faithful God and his not so faithful chosen people. God did not choose them because of their faithfulness. As a people they had none, but their ancestor, Abraham who heard the voice of God, who trusted God and walked with him.
Generations later, Moses has the same kind of relationship with God. He hears his voice, he trusts him and God presents himself to him. Moses certainly was not perfect. He could get angry. In fact, his anger resulted in his not being able to enter the promised land. He could only view it from afar. But that did not change his relationship with God. It did not change his walk with God.
Sometimes, we make something that is so simple, so difficult. We put so many hindrances and requirements on salvation, when those who truly see God know that all he requires is that we hold fast to him. That we fear him and serve him. That's it. Any other requirements are man made. The prophet Micah echoes this truth. "He hath shown thee, O man, what is good: and what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" - Micah 6:8 KJV
How can anything so simple be so hard?
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