Encouragement for today devotions: "He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect". Deuteronomy 32:4

The song of Moses is one of the most important poems in the Pentateuch. In front of his last days, Moses gives the encouragement to enter the promised land. The song begins by praising God and his works. God is good, faithful and perfect and in front of his creative design, his eternal providence, a rebel people is opposed:
"Listen, you heavens, and I will speak;
hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.
Let my teaching fall like rain
and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants.
I will proclaim the name of the LORD.
Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect;
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he." Deuteronomy 32:1-4

Moses explains to us with this song that God is the perfection in the highest degree: his gifts and his works are perfections. There is in the book of psalms a reference to this: "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.", Psalm 19:1
We cannot attribute imperfections to God, such as error or the passions. God is mercy, God is kindness, God is perseverance: "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect", Matthew 5:48; "Be merciful just as your father is merciful", Luke 6:36; "Be holy because I am holy", 1 Peter 1:16.
God is a wise God and requires men to live wisely: "Let the one who is wise heed these things and ponder the loving deeds of the LORD.", Psalm 107:43. And also: "Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and shun evil", Proverbs 3:7
When men, due to the hardness of their hearts, rebel against this divine wisdom, they suffer punishment:
"The LORD saw this and rejected them
because he was angered by his sons and daughters.
´I will hide my face from them´, he said,
´and see what their end will be;
for they are a perverse generation,
children who are unfaithful.´", Deuteronomy 32:19-20.
The psalm condemns the rebellion of men but promises God's help when men approach him, as the apostle James expresses it: "Come near to God and he will come near to you", James 4:8.
For more information visit my profile follow the link and download for free my ebook.