Choose Life
This has got to be one of the most amazing moments in Israel’s history. After 40 years of wandering in the wilderness, depending on God, and yet not trusting he will provide (and turning to other idols for dependence). After an entire generation has grown up “on the run” living as liminal migrants never knowing Egypt, yet never having tasted the fruits of Canaan. After an endless list of rules and commandments from Yahweh through Moses – it is summarized in Deuteronomy 30:11.
“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. I call on heaven and eat as witnesses to the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, that you and your descendants might live! Choose to love the Lord your God and obey him and commit yourself to him, for he is your life. Then you will truly live…”
