“Be Silent and
Listen”
“Then
Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, “Be silent and
listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for the Lord your God. ‘You
shall therefore 1obey the Lord
your God, and do His commandments and His statutes which I command you today.”’
(v.9-10)
Hearing
God’s Law was important for Israel but it wasn’t all that was needed--obedience
had to follow.
Here in
chapter 27 Moses delivers his third sermon. In this new sermon he wanted to
impress upon the Israelites the seriousness of their commitment--the benefits,
responsibilities, and consequences of their covenant relationship with God. This
was to be reinforced with memorial stones inscribed with the Law and a special
altar on Mt. Ebal. There, the people would make fellowship offerings, and hold
worship feasts to rejoice in their special relationship with God.
We, like
the children of Israel need to. “be silent and listen.” We need to spend time
in God’s Word and allow Him to write His laws on our hearts and minds. By so
doing, we reinforce our walk and our relationship with Him in which obedience will
then become a natural byproduct.
The Truth
“But this
is what I commanded them, saying, ‘Obey My voice, and I will be your
God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded
you, that it may be well with you.’” (Jeremiah 7:23)
