It’s football season! And this is one of the greatest football movie scenes showing the depth of what often goes untapped in our lives.
What does it take to look so deeply and extract so much? What sort of faith must one have to overcome the fear, pain, doubt, and uncertainty?
“It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.”
Deuteronomy 11:12 NIV
https://deuteronomy.bible/deuteronomy-11-12
The rabbis point to a nuance in our verse that isn’t so obvious in English, but jumps right out at you in the original Hebrew. The beginning of the year is called the year, but the end of the year is called a year. What the rabbis learn from this is that at the beginning of every year we all call it “The Year,” as in, “This will be the year that I lose 20 pounds . . . This will be the year that I quit that bad habit . . This will be the year I find my soul mate.” And so on.
But, explain the rabbis, at the end of the year, the enthusiasm wears off. We realize that this year is a year just like any other. I gained 5 pounds, and I’m still stuck in my same old patterns. This verse is a warning, but also a suggestion.
The verse tells us that God’s eyes are “continually” on the land – from the first day of the year to the last. It makes no difference to God whether it is the first day or last day of the year. He is there 100%, doing His job every single day. And that’s how we have to approach our lives. We need to live every day like it’s our first and our last.
https://www.bible.com/en/reading-plans/12652
This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it. – Psalm 118:24
Will you let the Holy Spirit search deeply and call forth the far more than you ever thought possible? The Lord, this day and every day, is seeking to transform the land and it begins with you.
