Live what you learn

“Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.” - Deuteronomy 4v6

There are many reasons for us to follow the Lord’s direction for our lives. There are some obvious ones. The Lord only wants what is best for us so we can trust Him to tell us what is best. Since His way is best, following Him assures what is best for us.

Yet there are other reasons for living what we learn. The people of Israel were about to enter into a totally pagan land, where the people did not know the Lord at all. The people themselves would be the first way that Jehovah revealed Himself to the Canaanites. The testimony of Israel was vital in God’s revelation of Himself in the new land.

What do people say when they see us? Like Israel we are in a strange land. Do they say of us that Christians are a “wise and understanding people?” For us to be a testimony to the world around us we to must be willing to keep and do the word of God. We may be the only testimony some people will ever see of the Lord.