Day 59 or February 28. Don't claim all the credit. Our thought today is from Deuteronomy
chapter 34, verses 10 and 12. Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses,
whom the Lord knew face to face, for no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed
the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel. First, the big picture surrounding
these verses. If we approach the final part of the last sermon of Moses, we can be forgiven
if our heads are spinning with legal overload. This book, above all others, is crammed full
of regulations and commandments. Moses will hand over the leadership to Joshua, who will
then lead them into the promised land. In celebration before that, Moses writes a song
and reads it to the people. Singing is a great way to remember things, and Moses knew that.
His last big job was to bless all the tribes before he viewed the promised land from Mount
Nebo in present-day Jordan. This was as near as he got. However, in the New Testament we
read that Moses appeared to Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration, so he did get to see the
land a little closer, but he had a really long wait. Moses is dead now. Long live Joshua!
Finally our action step for today. That giant of Judaism, Moses, dies and his grave is hidden.
No one can ever visit it to pay respects to him. On top of that, he was not allowed to
cross over the Jordan with the people he had led for the past forty years, but his assistant
Joshua did. To add insult to injury, if you check in a hymn book, you will find he's not
even given credit for writing the song Ascribe Greatness, which is basically Deuteronomy
chapter 32 verses 3 and 4, part of the Song of Moses. Somehow I don't think he would
mind very much. He lived to do what God asked. Sometimes we
insist on having all the credit due to us, but I have a challenge for you. Do something
for God today anonymously. If you enjoy it, try it again tomorrow. You may like being
an anonymous disciple and want to do it again.