Distraction of the Now
However, in the cities
of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance do not leave
alive anything that breathes.
-
Deut 20:16
I remember reading the same verses
in the last 90 days of challenge and most of the highlight parts are from
chapter 28 which talks about all the blessings and the opposite curses of each promise.
But today the lord has shown me the root cause of disobedience, which is, the
past.
In the
word the Lord was very particular about every nations that the Israelites were
suppose to bring down on their way to possessing the whole land. He commanded
them to kill anything that stands their way. Come to think of it, the thing
from our past is the things that we should not just leave behind but for us to
kill.
I remember the movie The Incredibles
saying “The past distracts from the now”.
Our old self can be a distraction and a start of rebellion because if we
truly are submitting to God, it has to be easy for us to submit to his laws and
His leaders which He has assigned to us. Therefore I conclude that disobedience
comes from our old self.
However, you may cut
down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build siege works
until the city at war with you falls.
-
Deut 20:20
Nevertheless, we also need to
understand that as we kill our past and all the distractions that will come our
way, we don’t run away from it. There is a big difference between running away
from it and killing it. Remember that it is through our experiences that we
make our testimony out of.
Warning:
They shall say to the
elders, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is
a profligate and a drunkard.” Then all the men of his town shall stone him to
death. You must purge the evil from among you. All Israel will hear of it and
will be afraid.
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Deut 21:20-21
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