Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation–Deuteronomy 32:4

Posted by Seth on Aug 12, 2009 in Theology |

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation–Deuteronomy 32:4

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Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Deuteronomy 32:4 where Moses gives us a glimpse of the praiseworthy God and King of all.

The Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is He.

If we want a picture of holiness, we’ve come to the right place. God’s attributes are always to the perfect extreme, making Him completely unlike any other being. He is like a thousand-sided diamond, pure to the core, unbelievably solid, and uniquely and fully shining from every angle. He is awesome in the truest sense of the word.

This verse of song was given through Moses just before his death and Joshua’s succession as Israel’s new leader. The description of God we observe here was delivered just before the words of a great lament over what God’s people had been and were becoming. It is difficult to even imagine what Moses must have been feeling at this point, spending his first 40 years in luxurious royal Egyptian living, his next 40 away from all of his roots and familiarity, and his last 40 filling out his calling with a delivered people who had been almost nothing but problems. When God was threatening to destroy them, Moses prayed for mercy. When God showed Himself great before the congregation, Moses would lead them in giving glory to God. And when Moses grew impatient with the people and ended up disobeying God in a way that would seem minor to us, God righteously withheld the land of Canaan from him. In other words, Moses had lived a full all-too-eventful life. All that to say, his discourse here carried great weight as the Spirit directed his voice.

He describes God as the Rock, the sure and unshakable foundation. God’s work is also perfect, being completely purposeful in design and aim. Furthermore, He is always right in all that He does, making right judgments in every case. He is consistently faithful, no matter how mysterious His ways. He has done no wrong, open to no accusations, for He is all of light and no darkness, leaving no leaning shadow for He is the Source of all light. God had shown Himself to be this way to His people, meaning that all Moses does here is reiterate what they should have already observed. And when we rightly understand ourselves, an understanding achieved through viewing our Maker, we should perceive these things as well.

Praise Him. Praise Him. Praise Him alone.

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