1. Covenant based on God's grace (1-15)

After retelling all the terms of the covenant made with their parents 40 years prior at Horeb (Mt. Sinai), Moses reminds this new generation their own experience with God's grace as they grew up in the wilderness: God provided their clothing and food and defeated their enemies. Based on this grace, he calls them now to renew their covenant. They stand and enter this covenant relationship as his own people, no longer simply as children of God's people. God's promise is based on an oath-'all nations will be blessed through your offspring' (Ge 22:18)-and has been fulfilled in Jesus Christ (Gal 3:16).

2. Make sure your heart does not turn away (16-29)

The covenant gave them a clear identity as God's people and instructions on how to be a blessing in the new land. But they must guard their hearts from idolatry and pride to keep their covenant in that new land. Although there are things we do not know, God has revealed all we and our children need in his covenant that we may follow and be blessed.


Application: Father, thank you for making a covenant with me through Jesus. Help me trust in you today.
One Word: God's covenant in every generation