Message summary: Today, let us, like Moses, renew our covenant and faithfully proclaim the name of the Lord. Let us continually with joy "praise the greatness of our God" for who He is and for His remarkable, supernatural and steadfast presence in our lives.

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"I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God!" (Deuteronomy 32:3).

Some time ago Brooksyne and I were walking through the foyer, following our morning worship service, when a little boy about 5 years old bumped into Brooksyne. A few minutes later she looked down and saw a piece of paper dangling on her skirt. She reached down to see what it was and it turned out to be the little boy's craft project, a multi-colored, heart-shaped "wordless book"*¹ presentation of the gospel made from construction paper.

Apparently he had it in his hand when he bumped into Brooksyne. A staple had caught her skirt, kind of like a Xanthium strumarium, or far better known as a cocklebur. Who hasn't had a prickly cocklebur attach itself to your clothing or worse, your skin! Cockleburs inspired the invention of Velcro when they clung to the clothes of a Swiss engineer, George de Mestral, and his dog's fur during a walk in the woods in 1941.

It was too late to find the little boy, who probably wondered whatever happened to his Sunday School craft/book. But it did get us to thinking of our call to proclaim the name of the Lord. The little boy was inadvertently proclaiming the name of the Lord by sharing the gospel message and unbeknownst to him, like Velcro, his message stuck!

Many of our readers, including us, were exposed to the gospel message, through a wide variety of illustrative methods such as the wordless book either through Sunday School or VBS when we were children.

As we grow older in our walk with the Lord there is a spiritual condition we must guard against. The teachings that we have known from an early age are no longer new to us. We've seen just about everything (at least we may think we have). Some become bored in their walk, others run about seeking the latest fad teaching, spiritual experience, the coolest church, or popular worship songs.

The daily text is a portion of a song that Moses recited to the people of Israel shortly before his death. Notice that Moses didn't appear to grow weary with the mighty God he served nor was he bored in his walk of faith. He was 120 years old and this song was a renewed expression of what the latter 40 years of his life had been all about.

After Moses dramatically heard from God at the burning bush he began a long journey of faithful service for the Lord. After repeatedly confronting Pharaoh, he led his people out of Egypt and through the desert, and now he gave them his final message on the plains east of the Jordan River.

Though Moses would not be entering the Promised Land, he accepts that bitter disappointment and maintains a positive, faith-filled outlook as expressed in the daily text where he declares before his audience, "I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God!".

It's a reminder to us of God's call for each of our lives. It is also a reminder that we may not see every dream fulfilled on this side, but the joyous reality of heaven still awaits the faithful. This is immeasurably more than the fulfillment of any dream on earth.*²

Today, let us, like Moses, renew our covenant and faithfully "proclaim the name of the Lord". Let us continually with joy "praise the greatness of our God" for who He is and for His remarkable, supernatural and steadfast presence in our lives.

Be encouraged today!  Hebrews 3:13