Holding Fast to God

 

“It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.”

—Deuteronomy 13:4

When I first joined the fire department in 1965, fire fighters still rode on the rear step of the engine, clinging tightly to a chrome bar just above their shoulders. It was a dangerous practice that has largely been abandoned.

The only way to make it safely to the scene of the fire was to hold fast and pay attention, so you would always anticipate the next move the driver of the Engine might make.

In Deuteronomy 13:1-4, Moses talks about holding fast to God, as we make our way through the “fires” of life:

If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder, and if the sign or wonder spoken of takes place, and the prophet says, “Let us follow other gods” gods you have not known “and let us worship them,” you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer.

The Lord your God is testing you to find out whether you love him with all your heart and with all your soul.

It is the Lord your God you must follow, and him you must revere.

Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.

As believers in God, through the life-transforming work of the Lord Jesus Christ, let us learn the critically important lesson of holding fast to Him, and only Him. If we do so, He will smile on us and be pleased with our obedience to Him.

 

Based on a blog originally posted on Friday, July 17, 2015

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