Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 1:42 (New Living Translation)

“But the Lord told me to tell you, ‘Do not attack, for I am not with you. If you go ahead on your own, you will be crushed by your enemies.’

This was a warning from Jehovah to His people. This is a warning to all of us today.

If God is not with us in an endeavor, don’t do it. We will be crushed.

Don’t allow me to make this trivial. I don’t believe God cares if I go to Burger King or McDonald’s. I don’t believe my meal will be lousy if I go to the one where God is not with me.

In the important parts of my life, however, I must seek God. I must go where He is with me. Crushing is the painful, inevitable outcome if I do otherwise.