Contemplative Bible Reading

Deuteronomy 28:10 (New Living Translation)

9 “If you obey the commands of the Lord your God and walk in his ways, the Lord will establish you as his holy people as he swore he would do. 10 Then all the nations of the world will see that you are a people claimed by the Lord, and they will stand in awe of you.

The laws and standards given by Jehovah the LORD to His people were different. The rest of the world could see the difference.

If the people would follow the commands, the world would know the people were different—claimed by the Creator.

I live in what has been called a Christian nation. Although life is not as I would wish in every aspect, there are a high percentage of citizens who are Christian. It is sometimes easy to forget about the norm.

A few trips outside the U.S., however, show the difference. Conditions are different, but that is just economics. The real differences are seen in how people consider one another and consider the basics and value of life.

We are a claimed people, and the world can see that.