Always before Me

February 4 | Deuteronomy 6:8-9

Daily Bread

 “And you shall bind these laws as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates.” (Deuteronomy 6:8–9)

We have many ways to remember things. Some people make reminders on their phone or calendar. Other people tie bows around their fingers. The number of ways to remember are as varied as people who remember.

When the Israelites wanted to remember God’s laws, they took these verses literally. They wore phylacteries on their four heads and on their right wrists. These were tiny boxes with even tinier pieces of parchment that contained the Ten Commandments and other pieces of Scripture.

They would tie them with string around their wrist or their head. As they walked and moved throughout their day, the little boxes hit them in the head or right hand. Quite literally, they would be smacking God’s words into their minds and actions.

While we aren’t so literal today, we find ways to remember our morning devotions or what God is teaching us in each season of our lives. The more senses we involve, the better. We need to be creative in remembering God’s Word every day.

Action Step: Whether it’s putting scriptures up on your kitchen cabinets or throughout your house, having a reminder set on your phone with a passage, or another way, find creative ways to keep Scripture before you all day.

Lord Jesus, Your Word is my focus every day. Show me ways I can keep it ever before me. More than that, help me to apply Your Word to my heart and actions. I don’t only want to hear and see it, but do what it says.

Jonathan Srock

Rev. Jonathan Srock is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God since 2010. He received two Bachelor’s degrees in Biblical Languages and Pastoral Ministries, as well as a Masters of Divinity from Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. Jonathan was privileged to be the Lead Pastor of New Life Assembly in Shillington, PA for five years before suffering sudden paralysis in 2013. Jonathan has been a Christian since 1988.

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