God sets up two things for the Israelites. They are to be proactive and defensive. First up, they are to study God's word. This is the defensive thing. They are to know it so well that it's bound to their minds. This will keep them from drifting away from it. Think of a stop sign. It's the most basic thing in learning to drive. You see a red sign, you stop. One plus one equals two. If they knew God's Word that well, it would be natural. They would do right.
The second thing was proactive. Think of it as a fat kid and cake. You have a lot of cake in the house and Fatty McFatterson get's even bigger. Take the temptation out and Fatty is one step closer to Arnold abs. Right after God tells them to know His Word, He commands them to tear down the idols in the land.
I never noticed that both of these commands are together. I think this priciple of taking a defensive and a proactive approach to temptation is awesome. Now if I can just stop eating that cake.
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Absolutely !!!
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