Deuteronomy 4:39 Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth below. There is no other.
(Moses was giving God's people instructions which still hold true for us today.
The people were hovering at the edge of the Promised Land to which the Lord had brought them, and the task of invading the land and gaining victory over its strong inhabitants seemed daunting.
The Hebrew meaning for the people to take heart is for them
to reckon, weigh, consider, bring back to memory,
and stand on the sure knowledge that the Lord reigns and rules.
When we face challenges and difficulties today, we can know, we can take heart and know that the Lord God
and He alone--not the enemy, not the sickness, not the financial downturn, not the broken relationships, not the joblessness, not anything--only He alone reigns over heaven, over earth, over our lives, and over all the situations we face. With that truth before us, we can walk in the victory that the Lord provides for us.)
