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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 1 of 5
Deuteronomy 11:1-15
The people of God are told to imitate the ploughman who uses landmarks behind him and in front of him to keep his furrows straight. In order to get back in line Israel looked first behind, remembering the coming out of Egypt and the arduous journey through the wilderness (vv. 2-7; Jeremiah 2:23), then in front to contemplate by faith the rich promised land (vv. 10-12). When we step out of line it should serve as a warning to us and speak to our conscience, whilst the prospect of an inheritance in heaven which is before us is right for stimulating the heart. Constantly faced with a past that has been mapped out by grace and with a glorious future our walk will tend to be straight.
What a contrast between the promised land and Egypt, a type of the world! Even today to obtain water the Egyptians have to raise it painfully into the canals using a type of mill powered primitively by foot (end of v. 10), whereas in the land of Canaan the rain from heaven supplies water freely and in abundance. Yes, what a contrast between the meagre efforts of the man of the world to make his own happiness, and the blessed ground on which now stand the redeemed of the Lord, who receives all from the grace of his God!
