Deuteronomy 4:6, Keep. Keeping Torah (YHVH’s instructions in righteousness) was the means for YHVH’s chosen people to be salt and light to the surrounding nations. Torah is literally a “witnessing tool.” What kind of righteous witness are you (via your Torah lifestyle) to those around you who are lost in spiritual darkness?
Deuteronomy 4:6 , Torah is your wisdom in the sight of the nations. Your life may be the only Bible some people read.
Torah is light. Light quietly does, it is silent. It doesn’t talk about doing, it does! YHVH is looking for doers, not talkers.
What kind of reputation do you have in the community?
People may not be turning to the light of Torah as a result of your example YET, but when times get tough in this country (“when you are in tribulation … in the latter days, Deut 4:30), they may well turn to you for the answers because they remembered that there was something different about you—something pure, pristine and holy. That’s when they’ll be looking for answers.
Torah makes us a great people. YHVH measures greatness differently than the world does. Are you great by the world’s standards or YHVH’s standards?
How does YHVH measure greatness? Love, faith, truth, obedience, servanthood, giving, selflessness, self-sacrifice.
How does the world measure greatness?
Which type of greatness will last into eternity?
Good reminder that we are “read” by others as we go about each day. Many years ago, a woman I helped through very difficult times later confided in me that prior to our relationship, she would come in to our Christian bookstore in FL and pretend to be looking at books but instead was “spying” on me as I helped customers. The Lord had told her that I was to be her special friend, but I had such a scary exterior to her, that it took her a year of spying to convince her I was to be “mildly” trusted with her friendship!!! It seems our lives really are an open book.
Along those same lines of people reading our lives, I was impacted by the fact that God would give Sabbath-keepers a sign of our covenant with Him and that the sign could be read by all who knew us. Exodus 20:12: “Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them.” I pictured a sign in my front yard that God put there. You know, like instead of “I voted for Rand Paul,” my sign said, “I voted for the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” All my neighbors would see God’s visible indicator that I voted for Him by keeping His commandments. My speculation went a bit further: perhaps He put a necklace on me too, so that when I was out and about, He could proclaim ownership of me. I suspect that the supernatural world knows what the signs mean too! So when you consider that people AND the evil realm can read you, this torah portion becomes quite important!
This is so true, I have too remind myself daily of this