{"id":4387,"date":"2022-11-22T09:40:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nazareneblogs.org\/pastorscott\/?p=4387"},"modified":"2022-11-22T09:40:36","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T15:40:36","slug":"devotional-on-deuteronomy-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/devotional-on-deuteronomy-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Devotional on Deuteronomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-E0XrZ2QqoGw\/XX0-X2ButkI\/AAAAAAABBE8\/u0PxpQtlcDUkd-_kckK8JUEw7eOxdX7ngCKgBGAsYHg\/s1600\/P7259640.JPG\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" class=\"size-large\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 &#8211; dunes south of Florence, OR<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nTaking care of business<br \/>\nDeuteronomy 29: God will take care of the hidden things but the revealed things are our business.<br \/>\nMoses has been outlining the terms of the &#8220;blessing and the curse&#8221; for his congregation. He warns them that what happens along that line is up to them. God has already laid out his intentions for them, and it\u2019s perfectly possible for them, by God&#8217;s grace, to live up to them all. Still, there\u2019s much they don&#8217;t know. Once they cross the Jordan River they\u2019ll encounter new obstacles and challenges. It\u2019s here that we find this shining gem of both a promise and a charge. If they do their part, God can be counted on to do his. Without doing too much damage to this statement, I can pull it out of context and be warmed by its promise. If I\u2019m not careful, I\u2019ll spend way too much energy worrying about the &#8220;hidden things.&#8221; God says, &#8220;You pay attention to the things you know are your responsibility and I\u2019ll take care of the rest.&#8221;   That, my friend, is a very good deal!<br \/>\nTake Away: My accountability ends with the extent of my knowledge, but I\u2019d better remember that that accountability is real and I am responsible before God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking care of business Deuteronomy 29: God will take care of the hidden things but the revealed things are our business. Moses has been outlining the terms of the &#8220;blessing and the curse&#8221; for his congregation. He warns them that what happens along that line is up to them. God has already laid out his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1489,7],"tags":[21,121,658,772,1108],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4387"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14058,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4387\/revisions\/14058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost\/pastorscott\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}