"Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people." (Deuteronomy 9:6) This is a warning. There will be a temptation to become proud. When the Anakites fall defeated before the Israelis the Israelis will be tempted with a sense of self-importance. But they are only a stiff-necked people.
Let me be warned. Let me be prepared. Let me be humbled. I am only Your servant, God, and often a reluctant one at that.
"And now, O Israel, what does the Lord your God ask of you but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to observe the Lord's commands and decrees that I am giving you today for your own good?" (Deuteronomy 10:12)
Respect, walk, love, serve, and observe...
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