Scripture:
Deuteronomy 30:11-14
11 “For this commandment which I command you today is [a]not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ 14 But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.

The Lord lays out what following Him looks like and the blessings of keeping the word, and He describes what will happen for those who had turned away but now turn back. He describes what a blessed life looks like, how you will prosper in every way, in your physical life, in your spiritual life, in the work you do, in every place in your life, then He describes what it looks like to live outside of a covenant relationship with the Lord, how it is a curse. Whenever we remove ourselves from God's covering, it is bad.

But in today's portion, the Lord reminds us that living in covenant with the Lord is possible, it's obtainable. I love how He says it is not out of reach, and that He emphasises this twice. He reminds us that it is in us, it is near us, that He has put it in our hearts, on our lips. This is why it is so important to be in the word, that it would be in us, in our hearts.

Today's God shot for us is to live our lives in covenant, to get the word in us, so that our lives begin to be shaped by it; it is intended to get into us so that it comes out of us. If you and I want to live a blessed life, we have the formula. Seek Him, seek His direction, live in His precepts.

Lord, I pray that we would not only keep your word but that it would get in us, that it would come out of us, that our lives would be completely transformed by your word and your ways, in Jesus' name, Amen!