With Joyfulness and Gladness of Heart: Deuteronomy 28.47-48
{Preached at Heritage Presbyterian Church 3 August 2014. Listen here } With Joyfulness and Gladness of Heart: Deuteronomy 28.47-48 In my morning devotional reading a few weeks back, I was reading through Deuteronomy 28. It is the portion of God’s story where he tells his people that there are rich blessings awaiting them as they will faithfully obey the voice of YHWH their God and are careful to do what he tells them (“ if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth ”28.1). But that there are also adverse circumstances – curses – lurking around the corner if they chose to turn their back to him and follow their own way (“ if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you ”28.15). It...