Stop Being Stubborn

Deuteronomy 10-12

Moses is running through a synopsis of everything that has happened over the last 40 years to the Israelites as they sit across the Jordan from the Promised Land. He explains to them that all they need to do is to fear and love God, do what he says and everything that the Lord has (and he has everything) will be theirs. That's when he says... change your hearts and stop being stubborn. I think if Moses were here today he'd say the same thing. In our stubborn pride we toss out God's priorities for our own and then make up a story about how God would want it this way. It is easy to wonder at how the Israelites could have been so stupid... the hard part is seeing ourselves in the Israelites sandals.