Today is Monday, March 25, 2019, and here is your daily devo. The Israelites had this song for generations, and from what we know, they taught it to generation after generation as a warning and reminder of what would happen, and yet it still happened. The Israelites still turn from God and pursued idols over and over. Hindsight is always 20-20.
Being on this side of history, we know that God's discipline would lead up to and through the Jewish exile, and that his promises to purify and restore the people would include their return to the land. But even though the fullness of God's warnings did not occur until then, the word of God still functioned as a warning to each generation prior to that. What happened to the generation that experienced exile was a possibility for all the generations that had preceded it, all the generations that also neglected God's word. The same could have happened to the people of Joshua's day because of their idolatry.
The same could have happened during the time of the Judges, or during David's reign. The faithfulness of one generation could not provide security for the generations that followed. Each generation had to renew its own commitment to the covenants, and God was always ready to pour out the blessings of the covenant that he had promised to be with his people, to guide them, protect them, and provide for them. That is the purpose of warning signs, to let people know that danger lies ahead so that they might steer clear, avoid it, and enjoy God's provisions instead.
Think about this. Was there ever a time when you lived on the borrowed faith of someone else? At what point did that begin to change? Why is it important that we own our faith and not inherit it from someone else?
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