(Nuggets from Deuteronomy 4:9)
Moses reminded the people of Israel to be LOYAL TO GOD and ensure they are very strict and careful in their observance of the law.
Taking heed goes beyond religious practices or rendering some services to God. It entails ABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE to God's instructions, because God is more interested in OBEDIENCE than any SACRIFICE.
Most CHRISTIANS feel that they can appease God for their wrong deeds by rendering help to the needy or by doing some humanitarian or philanthropic work, but NO!
GOD CANNOT BE BRIBED WITH YOUR GOOD DEEDS!
You have to be CAREFUL and live life CAUTIOUSLY, walk circumspectly always as long as you live.
Considering the TEMPTATIONS we are compassed about with in the world at this close of age, and the evil tendencies and inclinations lurking around, there is an URGENT NEED to live your life with the CONSCIOUSNESS OF ETERNITY in view at all times.
This is not a time to give room for any form of POLLUTION or CONTAMINATION. You can't afford to have your GARMENT SOILED at this point in time.
Talking about GARMENTS, what is the status of your garment currently?
Is it SPARKLING AS WHITE AS SNOW? Or is it GREASED WITH SIN BEYOND REDEMPTION?
As Moses admonished the Israelites, God is admonishing you and I today with these same words:
"Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;"
Always put these words in remembrance, keep them close to your soul, ENGRAVE THEM IN YOUR HEART and RUMINATE on them everyday, chewing the cud daily; MEDITATE on them, ASSIMILATE, and PERSONALIZE God's words and instructions and hold it so dear as your ONLY LIFELINE.
Furthermore, God is enjoining us through this verse to not just OBEY HIS WORD for ourselves alone, but to leave a LIFELONG LEGACY by PASSING IT ON to our progeny and unborn generations to come.
LIKE A MARATHON, THE RACE AIN'T ENDING WITH YOU, PASS THE BATON ON AND LET THIS LEGACY STAND THE TEST OF TIME.
Pass it on, not just to your progeny, but to everyone around you, your neighbors, friends, business associates, colleagues, class mates, course mates, relatives and everyone you know.
THIS IS ONE DUTY YOU AND I OWE THE LORD, AND THE ONUS LIES WITH US TO FULFILL OUR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE MINISTRIES, FOR THIS IS THE MAJOR REASON WE WERE CREATED.
This is HOLINESS CHALLENGE
DAY 14 OF 365 (2026)
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