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We are nearing the end of the book of Deuteronomy. Moses is giving his last message to the people of Israel to prepare them to cross the Jordan and enter the land God promised. When you read Deuteronomy, you discern right away that Moses is pouring out his heart to the people of Israel.

He wants them to succeed, he wants them to prosper. He knows this will only happen if they stay near to God. Over and over he admonishes them to love God with all their heart and with all their soul.

Moses gave instructions that after Israel crosses the Jordan into the land of Canaan, they were to bring the people into a small valley with Mount Ebal on one side and Mount Gerizim on the other. Then they were to station men on each mountain. From Mount Ebal, they were to call out the curses of God; the troubles and difficulties that would come if they turned away from God and followed the gods of the world.

From Mount Gerizim the men were to call out the blessings of following God with all their heart and with all their soul. They were then to choose. “See, I set before you life and death,” God was saying to the people of Israel, “now choose life that you might live.”

There are things in life of which you have no control that determine the course of your life; the family you’re born into, the country and community into which you were raised, if you were born into privilege or poverty. You have no control over these things.

But there are many other things that are within your power to choose that determine the course of your life. In the valley between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim the people stood and listened. From Mount Ebal they heard of disasters and troubles and difficulties that would come because they did not serve the Lord their God, Moses said, “with joy in a glad heart, for the abundance of all things.”

From Mount Gerizim they heard of the blessings that would come upon them and overtake them if they would obey the Lord their God. “Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the country. Your crops will be blessed, your herds and the young of your flock will increase, your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed. Blessed shall you be when you come in and blessed shall you be when you go out.”

“See,” God is saying,” I set before you life and death. Choose life that you may live.” Every parent understands this heart. You want your children to do well, you want them to choose life and you know that there are certain decisions they will make that will set the direction of the course of their lives; not just their career, but the content of the their character and whether they choose to follow God and love Him with all their heart and with all their soul.

God wants them to choose life, but He also understands that they may choose to turn their hearts away from Him. If they do, the results will be disastrous. But then He tells them that God will take them back. It’s never too late to come back to God; it’s never too late to start your life over; it’s never too late to make the right decisions and correct the course of your life.

What an encouragement this chapter is. God sets before you life and death, good and evil, and He asks you to choose. The course of your life hinges on the decisions you make. Choose well. Choose God; and choose life.

I. Your Course Can be Corrected

 God knows in advance there would come a time when their hearts would turn away from Him.

 In that day, when you turn your heart away and disaster and trouble come; and then you look to God and turn your heart toward home, God was saying, here’s what God will do. He will welcome you home. It’s not too late to start over. It’s not too late to correct the course of your life.

 God wants you to know His heart in advance, because you face the same choice as Israel.

A. Return with all your heart

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