Deuteronomy 11 · Grade 5

Trusting God for Rain

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Read and Think

Moses speaks to people who saw God's works with their own eyes: the plagues on Egypt, the Red Sea closing over Pharaoh's army, and the judgment on Dathan and Abiram. Their faith was to rest on what God had actually done in history.

Moses contrasts Egypt and Canaan. Egypt was irrigated from the Nile, watered by foot like a vegetable garden. Canaan was a land of hills and valleys that drinks water from the rain of the sky, a land Yahweh your God cares for. Life in Canaan would require daily dependence. God promised the early and latter rain if they loved Him, but warned that turning to other gods would shut up the sky.

Moses again tells them to lay up God's words in heart and soul, teach them to children, and write them on door posts and gates. He then sets before Israel a blessing and a curse. This choice prepares for chapters 27 and 28, where the blessings and curses are proclaimed from Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal.

Show What You Know

What should Israel's faith rest on?
How was Egypt watered?
What would life in Canaan require?
What would turning to other gods do?
Which later chapters proclaim the blessings and curses?

Crossword

Across

Mount of curse.
God gives ____ in its season.

Down

____ them to your children.
Mount of blessing.
God gives ____ for your livestock.

Think About It

Why might God want His people to depend on Him daily instead of feeling self-sufficient?
Moses sets a choice before Israel. What choices about following God do you face?

Memory Verse

“You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.”

Deuteronomy 11:19 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for the rain. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

Why is the land's need for rain a lesson about trust?
How can you teach God's words to someone younger?
What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?