Deuteronomy 6:10-25 "I'm going to possess the Land in Indiana!"

^"10And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, ¹¹And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; ¹²Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. ¹³Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. ¹⁴Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; ¹⁵(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. ¹⁶Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. ¹⁷Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. ¹⁸And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers.¹⁹To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. ²⁰And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? ²¹Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: ²²And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: ²³And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. ²⁴And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.²⁵And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us." 

Wow, that's awesome! This seems like a really weird passage and you would think that the Lord couldn't speak to me through it because it's not even talking about me. I mean I am a Gentile, I'm not from Israel, and I wasn't ever in Egypt. But it's everything that it represents, thus, the symbolism makes it relate to me. I read this randomly the other day and was just blown away. Verse 10, this is what brought me to look more closely at the passage, "When the Lord, thy God, shall have brought thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers." This to me is more speaking of the land He wants me to conquer, not really physical land but spiritual land in my walk with Him. He's says, I swore to even your fathers and everyone before you that if you just follow Me you will have this spiritual land because I have promised it to you. He tells us that He will be faithful to complete the work that He began in us. To complete that work He needs to Work in me and complete things that haven't been completed or things that I am scared that can't be completed. For instance, going home was something that I was a little afraid to do because my walk with the Lord always suffers when I am at home, but the Lord needs to work that fear out of me and work in His conquering Spirit. Verse 11 I would say as a joke that this is why I am moving in with my mom, a house full of all good things; food, gas and electric paid, etc. haha. All the joys of home. No I am just kidding but it's a thought. Verse 12 is so key, Egypt is like our old persons before we were saved and I believe it can also refer to our old sin nature. So the Lord says, don't forget things that you came from and I helped you conquer. Remember those things from the past and don't go back to them. I know being in New Mexico the Lord has helped me conquer a lot of big issues in my life before I came out here. He explains to not forget the things of the past, "the house of bondage," just the bondage that specific sin put me in. Verse 13 I know a lot of people have asked me, are you sure about this Hayley, you are involved in so many ministries and you have so many friends... but the Lord's says Serve ME, swear by Me Not what you friends say you should do, what seems right in the sight of man, or even what your fears tell you- serve only Him. Verses 14 and 15 are very key again, don't go to the land that I am giving you and abuse where you are. Go there and still you must serve Me, He is still jealous for us. Which this jealousy thing really is so beautiful, I am not worthy enough for Him to be jealous for but He is still. This jealousy thing also reminds me of the book of Hosea where a harlot and a good Christian guy are married. He should never love her or be jealous of her but he is because he loves her and wants to help her out of her sin. In a lot of ways this is our relationship with the Lord! That is why the whole book was written, to show us as the harlot and Hosea as God. Verse 17 He just wants me to remember again, remember your testimonies, remember My statues that I have instilled in you, remember to also continue to keep my commandments, that there is some reproofing to still be done in you. Which leads in to verse 18, to continue to do good in the sight of the Lord. So that I can possess the good land or what is good for me. Verse 19 we want to cast out the enemies that will tangle us up or cause us grief. Many times here in New Mexico the Lord has shown me when I was worried about something or someone, He says listen to Me-keep your eyes on Me and I will work things out. Then finally, verses 20-25 explain to just continue to tell the story of what the Lord has done in your life and why your live the life you live. This is part of the reason we go through the things we do, to refine us as well as have a story for the person that is going through the same thing. The Lord is amazing! 

In conclusion, I am moving to Indiana because I believe the Lord has a plan for me there at this time. I don't know where I am going to work or how the community college will transfer, but I do know that He will work everything out. I have been so blessed to come to NM and experience the people here and culture. I am sure that I will have friends forever here, but I know this is the calling of the Lord. Please pray for me if you get a chance, I have a short time between now and then and I am still very busy as is-finishing school at the end of July, going to a friends wedding in California, and work. The Lord is Good!