Deuteronomy 32:34-35 "Have I not kept this in reserveand sealed it in My vaults? (The Lord has just confirmed through Moses' farewell address to the Israelites that, even though they may think He has forgotten and, therefore, allowed their disobedience, He has kept His judgment in reserve and very much intends to address their rebellion with the discipline that rightfully comes from Him as their Father and Creator. The Lord is also assuring His people that He will also confront and hold accountable the enemies who will eventually overcome them when, in their future state of apostasy, they step out of the protection and shield of the Lord. He reminds us today that His grace and mercy also contain His righteous discipline and judgment that holds both us and our enemies accountable.) It is mine to avenge; I will repay. (The Lord's judgment will come in His timing, in His way. Both God's people in their continued and rebellious disobedience and their enemies in their attack on His people will inevitably experience His judgment. The Lord has not forgotten either, and He will mete out His justice and discipline.) In due time their foot will slip; (Though both groups may think they are safe in their actions and immune to punishment because they are able to continue in their respective paths of seeming success and because they are not experiencing any retribution at present. Yet, in the fullness of God's timing, in the fullness of their rebellion, even though it does not come as soon as some might expect, the Lord will exercise His judgment and discipline.) their day of disaster is nearand their doom rushes upon them." (While God does not seem to be responding to the current state of disobedience, His timing is not the same as human timing. His seeming delay is merely His godly timing. Outside of space and time, He exercises judgment when He is ready. An entire generation may seem to go unpunished, but the unavoidable accountability will arrive. Today, we can take heart about both truths, that the Lord will exact sure judgment of the enemy in due time and that our disobedience will bring about His discipline in His outreach to bring us back to Him.)
