Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 4:34 (New Living Translation)

Has any other god dared to take a nation for himself out of another nation by means of trials, miraculous signs, wonders, war, a strong hand, a powerful arm, and terrifying acts? Yet that is what the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes.

Jehovah is talking to His people. The LORD reminds them of of what He did for them in bringing them out of Egypt.

I’ve been attending church all my life. I’ve been reading the Bible all my life. So much of the Bible can become, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that. So what?”

Stop and think. God retrieved a nation that was enslaved by another nation. Oh, by the way, that had never happened before and hasn’t happened since. And, that happened right before their eyes, and the didn’t realize it.

And then, a few centuries later, God came to earth as a human and sacrificed himself to wipe away by filth—another unprecedented rescue. If I will only open my eyes, as these things happen right before my eyes, I will see God’s unprecedented rescue everyday of my life.

Thanks be to God, and God, please help me see what is right before me.