Day 138: Uphold Standard

Read: Psalm 117; Proverbs 1:14-16; 1 Tim 5; Deuteronomy 31-32

Deuteronomy 32

50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.

51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness (hallowed HIM) among the Israelites.

52 “Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.””

The above passage centers on the last moments of Moses whereby God spoke to him that he would not enter the Promised Land but could only see the Land from a distance. I don’t know about you but I feel terribly sorry for Moses. This shows the high standard of our God and yet nowadays we sometimes treat God just like a Santa Claus who lavishes on us unconditional love, a term which you will never find in the Bible. On the contrary, the Bible qualifies the blessings by using a short word,”IF”. In one chapter of Deuteronomy 28 alone, there are 7 “if”. Jesus Himself said in John 14:23, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.” This shows the importance to uphold God’s holiness. Hence, do not dilute God’s standard. I know very well what this means as I compare with my own firm’s Employees Handbook. If my staff do not follow it and worse still comes out with their own version of steps and procedures, things will go wrong and standards are compromised and quality will drop and this in turn will affect our firm’s name. Henceforth, are we complying with God’s standard as stipulated in His Holy Bible, else there is a risk that His Holy Name be affected. Help us, Lord! #devotion #holiness #obedience #uphold #compliance https://twitter.com/EstherOngHC