{"id":482172,"date":"2020-09-17T03:14:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T08:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gwenshamblin.com\/?p=482172"},"modified":"2020-09-17T03:14:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T08:14:59","slug":"it-is-not-too-difficult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwenshamblinbooks.com\/?p=482172","title":{"rendered":"It Is Not Too Difficult&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a difference between a selection and a life or death decision. There is a difference between a preference and perdition. If you do not surrender to the God of the Universe, the stakes are too high, the consequences are too devastating. Moses put it this way:<\/p>\n<p><em>Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, \u201cWho will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?\u201d Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, \u201cWho will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?\u201d No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Deuteronomy 30:11-20<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"The Tablet by Gwen Shamblin\" href=\"http:\/\/store.weighdown.com\/The-Tablet-P2473.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more in <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/store.weighdown.com\/Weigh-Down-Works-P3296.aspx\">Weigh Down Works!&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a difference between a selection and a life or death decision. There is a difference between a preference and perdition. 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