Called Heavenward

Read Deuteronomy 4-5
 
Deuteronomy 4:33-34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by miraculous signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?
 
BE sure to read these two chapters. Meditate on the power of this Scripture. Deuteronomy 4 is filled with honor and worship to God. The first verses recount his judgment of idol worship. He is holy! Read verses 26-28, and know God’s sovereign hand to foretell of Israel’s exile into Babylon about 700 years from this time. Learn also God’s promises to be with and to care for his people. Who is God?
    Who is God, indeed. Do you really want to know? Then look back over the centuries before this to see LORD JEHOVAH make a nation especially to worship him, separated from all the other nations. Look in awe, and you will see a people called from slavery and Egypt’s iron furnaces into a land of plenty and peace. They are a nation called to a heavenly purpose - to worship God and to prepare for the Savior.
    Yes, look now to your own life today. See the LORD JEHOVAH has chosen you to be a member of the eternal Kingdom of God. By testings of your faith, by the miraculous signs and wonders of Jesus crucified, buried, risen and ascended, by war against evil, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, he has rescued you from sin. With great and awesome deeds before your very eyes, God has done great and awesome deeds to prepare you for heaven.   
 
Philippians 3:14 I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.