A HUNGER FOR GOD

A HUNGER FOR GOD

READ:  Deuteronomy 4:9-14

All Scripture is God-breathed

and is useful for teaching, 

rebuking, correcting and

training in righteousness.

2 Timothy 3:16

A-poe-la-pi is an  elderly member of the Akha, a hill tribe people who live on the mountain ranges of Yunnan Province in China.  As we visited him on a recent missions trip, Apoe-la-pi told us that he had missed the weekly Bible study because of heavy rains.  So he implored us, “Could you share God’s Word with me?”

A-poe-la-pi can’t read, so the weekly gathering is vital to him.  As we read the Bible to him, he listened intently.  His earnest attitude reminded me that when we listen carefully to the story of the inspired Scriptures, we honor the Lord.

In Deuteronomy 4, Moses urged the Israelites to listen carefully to the rules and regulations he was teaching them (v.1).  He reminded them that the source and inspiration behind the teaching was none other than God Himself, who had spoken to them “out of the fire” of Sinai (v.12).  Moses said, “He declared to you his covenant…which he commanded you to follow” (v.13).

May A-poe-la-pi’s hunger to hear God’s Word encourage a similar desire in us.  As the apostle Paul reminds us in 2 Timothy 3:15-16, the inspired Scriptures have been given for our good and growth-to make us wise in the salvation and ways of God.  

                                                                            POH FANG CHIA

Lord, give us a hunger to hear and understand the truth of Your Word.  Help us show Your love to others by faithfully living out its instructions for us.

To know Christ, the Living Word, is to love the Bible, the written Word.

INSIGHT

Verses 11-12 of today’s passage refer to one of the most critical events in Israel’s history-the giving of the law at Mount Sinai.  After the Israelites left Egypt, where they had been enslaved for over 400 years and then secured by God’s intervention, they were led by Moses through the Red Sea and made their way to Mount Sinai.  There the people met the God who had rescued them, and His power was displayed in remarkable ways (Exodus 19:16-19).  this meeting between God and His chosen people was the first step in turning this large extended family (the twelve tribes of Israel) into a nation with laws-also provided by their rescuing God.

                                                                          BILL CROWDER

Have a blessed day and week ahead.

God Our Creator’s Love Always.

Unity & Peace