Today's readings are Psalm 90:7-17, Deuteronomy 31:30-32:27, and Matthew 20:1-16.
We read today in Deuteronomy a lament of Moses. Really it is a prophetic lament of God, describing the Lord's faithfulness and Israel's idolatry. There's a recurring theme of God rejecting Israel's innovations. They go after new gods, they invent new forms of worship, they forget what the Lord has given them in the past. In so doing they reject the God who has loved and nurtured them. They are no longer God's covenant children. Yet God is still their father. He has established his covenant and will guard his children for the sake of his name, even as his children drive themselves to destruction and ruin.
Our Lord has shown his mercy throughout history. Will we try to invent something newer and better or will we rest in his covenant of grace?
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