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Day 59 or February 28. Don't claim all the credit. Our thought today is from Deuteronomy

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chapter 34, verses 10 and 12. Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses,

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whom the Lord knew face to face, for no one has ever shown the mighty power or performed

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the awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel. First, the big picture surrounding

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these verses. If we approach the final part of the last sermon of Moses, we can be forgiven

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if our heads are spinning with legal overload. This book, above all others, is crammed full

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of regulations and commandments. Moses will hand over the leadership to Joshua, who will

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then lead them into the promised land. In celebration before that, Moses writes a song

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and reads it to the people. Singing is a great way to remember things, and Moses knew that.

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His last big job was to bless all the tribes before he viewed the promised land from Mount

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Nebo in present-day Jordan. This was as near as he got. However, in the New Testament we

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read that Moses appeared to Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration, so he did get to see the

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land a little closer, but he had a really long wait. Moses is dead now. Long live Joshua!

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Finally our action step for today. That giant of Judaism, Moses, dies and his grave is hidden.

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No one can ever visit it to pay respects to him. On top of that, he was not allowed to

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cross over the Jordan with the people he had led for the past forty years, but his assistant

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Joshua did. To add insult to injury, if you check in a hymn book, you will find he's not

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even given credit for writing the song Ascribe Greatness, which is basically Deuteronomy

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chapter 32 verses 3 and 4, part of the Song of Moses. Somehow I don't think he would

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mind very much. He lived to do what God asked. Sometimes we

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insist on having all the credit due to us, but I have a challenge for you. Do something

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for God today anonymously. If you enjoy it, try it again tomorrow. You may like being

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an anonymous disciple and want to do it again.