MONDAY DECEMBER 9
‘…Underneath are the everlasting arms….’ Deuteronomy
33:27
God of the top and of the bottom
Addressing the nation of Israel for the last time,
Moses told them, ‘There is no one like the God of Israel. He rides across the
heavens to help you…The eternal God is your refuge, and His everlasting arms
are under you…’ (vv. 26-27 NLT). As you read the Bible you discover that God
did a lot of spectacular things for His people on mountaintops. On Mount Moriah,
He met with Abraham and Isaac, revealing Himself as ‘Jehovah Jireh’, which
means ‘the Lord will provide.’ On Mount Horeb, He spoke to Moses through a
burning bush and changed the nation of Israel’s destiny. On Mount Sinai, He
gave the Ten Commandments. On Mount Carmel, He sent down fire from heaven,
consuming the prophets of Baal and turning the hearts of His people back to
Him. But suddenly Moses made a shift in the middle of telling about this great
God of high places. It is as though he was thinking, ‘I can’t leave these
people with the thought that God is only on top; that He’s with us only when
everything is going right.’ So he continued, ‘The eternal God is your refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms.’ The Hebrew word for ‘underneath’
means ‘bottom.’ So it could be translated, ‘God’s arms are underneath you when
you’re on the bottom.’ No matter how deep the valley you have to walk, God’s
presence is deeper. It may feel like you are down today, but you cannot go so
low that He is not there. Underneath you are His everlasting arms. The truth
is: He’s not just the God of the top; He’s also the God of the bottom.
Taken
from the Word for You Today Devotional
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