Deuteronomy 7:11 Therefore, take care to follow the commands, decrees and laws I give you today. (Because the Lord God Himself has established His covenant of love with us and has chosen to be in relationship with us, He calls us to respond in kind, to complete our part of the covenant bond, which involves accepting and adhering to the decrees that reflect His Character and Name. When we make covenant with the Lord, not only does He take on Himself our character, but He invites us to assume His Nature by preserving, safeguarding, and discharging His ways. What a high privilege, as well as a sober responsibility, we have today, first, to be in relationship with the Lord and, second, to be entrusted with obeying Him. The further amazing truth is that He doesn't leave us on our own in an impossible struggle to obey Him, but, instead, He gives us the strength and ability to follow and obey Him.)
