May 23, 2019: Day 26 – Deuteronomy 26

This chapter contains the offering of thanksgiving which was supposed to take place once everyone was settled in and had claimed the land that the Lord had promised to them in the land flowing with milk and honey.  They were to present it to the Lord with the statements that they were continuing to follow the commandments of the Lord and doing that which the Lord would want them to do. 

Part of the purpose of this offering of thanksgiving was a reminder for them of the way things used to be.  Things in Egypt were pretty rough, very rough.  As a result it is a good idea to remember the times when things were rough so that when they are not so rough, you can be thankful. Vs.7 carries with it an important lesson: “We cried to the Lord…the Lord heard our voice and saw our affliction, our toil, our oppression.”  This chapter reminds us that there is a promise from God which finds its fulfillment in eternal life.  That must be our land flowing with milk and honey.