“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass. 3 For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God.
4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.
5 “They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation. 6 Do you thus deal with the Lord, O foolish and unwise people?
Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?
Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you: 8 When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. 9 For the Lord’s portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance.
10 “He found him in a desert land And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. 11 As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings, 2 So the Lord alone led him, And there was no foreign god with him.” Deuteronomy 32:1-12 NKJV
Lord God,
Moses spoke this song to the children of Israel at the end of his life. I smile because it is a long song and nowhere in scripture is it mentioned that Moses sang well or sang at all. So I will read it aloud too as perhaps it was meant to be spoken. Joshua is to be their next leader but Moses wanted to remind them of their parents history. A history Moses did not want them to repeat. They are the ones to go into the promised land. And he calls them the apple of Your eye Lord.
Not a reminder of the forbidden fruit (which we do not know was an apple!) from the tree of knowledge in the garden of Eden. But perhaps a reminder of the fruit of the tree of life also in that same garden? (Genesis 2:9).
Moses wants then to learn from their history. This is only a quarter of the song. A clear lesson is that You God ares their Rock. they must not even consider a foreign god. Small ‘g’ because You are he only God . Foreign gods cannot provide peace or joy or hope – they leave you chasing it.
You Lord also found me in a wasteland, without a God and enfolded me in Your love, acceptance and forgiveness. You gave me the water and the bread of life and a place in Your family. Vigilant now to have no foreign god.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Worship Monday 2nd March 2026
Two worship hymns which spring from speaking out the words of Moses (and remembering Isaiah 40:31 rising on eagles wings also).
Lyrics: Peter West, Mary Kirkbride, Mary Lou King
Come live in me all my life, take over
Come breathe in me
I will rise on eagle’s wings
Come live in me all my life, take over
Come breathe in me
I will rise on eagle’s wings
Here I am waiting
Abide in me I pray
Here I am longing for You
Hide me in Your love
Bring me to my knees
May I know Jesus more and more
Come live in me all my life, take over
Come breathe in me
I will rise on eagle’s wings
Come live in me all my life, take over
Come breathe in me
I will rise on eagle’s wings
Come live in me all my life, take over
Come breathe in me
I will rise on eagle’s wings
Lyrics: Reuben Morgan