He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye

 Deuteronomy 32:10-21

In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him;  he guarded him as the apple of his eye, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft. The Lord alone led him; no foreign god was with him.

He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit of the fields. He nourished him with honey from the rock, and with oil from the flinty crag, with curds and milk from herd and flock and with fattened lambs and goats.

Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; filled with food, they became heavy and sleek. They abandoned the God who made them and rejected the Rock their Savior. They made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols.

The Lord saw this and rejected them because he was angered by his sons and daughters.

They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols. I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.

God instructs Moses to warn his people of their future treacherous disloyalty in song, to be learned and remembered. And as Moses had sung the song of victory at the escape from Egypt so now he sings the last song - a record of disobedience.

Why?

When people living in satisfied and safe easily fall into the abandoned behavior and turn close to the world. Forget the grace of the Lord and lift up ourselves.

Remember the grace of the Lord, and carefully obey the word of the Lord.

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1-4 序言：重要到比天地還要大，因為人犯罪使天地等受造之物同受害，若人蒙福，天地萬物也蒙福！

5-6 歌頌神的本性，責備人： 對比以色列人行事彎曲，不公正，以彎曲的心對神，責備以色列人的無知

7- 14 神的恩典：神是父親，是將民買來的，神為我們付出極大代價。神賞賜土地。照著以色列人的數目，給予他們疆界。在險惡環境中，神保護我們，磨練我們，使我們可以成長、強壯，如鷹學習靠氣流飛翔。讓環境變成我們的祝福，而不是傷害。

15-18 人在得到恩典後忘記神:人在領受恩典後，過河拆橋。神會把恩典從他們身上收回來。神用外邦人來懲罰以色列人。神用以色列人看不起的人來轄制，刑罰他們，更顯出以色列人的愚昧。

神的話語是生命！思想神如何對待我，我又是如何對待神！神的恩典我不知道嗎？我自以為聰明嗎？

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How?

Remember God is my Lord with all the benefit and joy in my life when I walk with the Lord. There is no other way that may comfort my heart except the Lord.

How?