HAVE YOU EVER TRIED CLIMBING A ROPE MILITARY STYLE?

It’s an exercise for developing the upper body, as well as building an iron grip and improving agility and coordination skills 

Military utilize rope work as part of their training—— why is this important? 

Ropes and knots act as a lifelines in dangerous environments such as when crossing a fast flowing river or scaling a mountain side 

So what.

“that you may love the Lord your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.””

??Deuteronomy? ?30:20? ?

imagine each situation that comes in your life as you climbing a rope.Each time our hands slip from the rope, and the grip of holding on isn’t there.That is us trying to climb the situation and figure it out ourselves. Each time we try we slip We are trying to grab ahold of the rope to cross this fast flowing river.

Okay so what if I told you that you don’t have to slip anymore. That you can always have a natural grip even without sweating.The fast flowing river doesn’t even concern you.

 The first part of deuteronomy 30:20 talks about the love for the lord. Being madly in love with the lord that’s the first step to trusting the rope. The next line says that you may obey his voice-

so does this apply to obeying the lord? — “to cast out all your enemies( doubts, lies about yourself, stress, worry, anxiety, anger, etc.) from before you, as the lord has spoken.” deuternonmy 6:19 Ask yourself does obeying the lord mean to also cast out all your enemies too? He did speak this. 

okay great where is this going…

When you cast ALL your enemies from before you  

“and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days”

We take that rope which represents the lord and we cling on to him instead of constant slipping and figuring out the situation individually. We cling to the lord with all our love, obedience, and trust. That when the fast flowing river comes you will be calm and at peace because you won’t slip anymore.