Deuteronomy 30
² and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, ³ then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes^[a] and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you.⁴ Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.

We need to return to the Lord and obey Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. Then He will gather us back. He is going to help us get out of the pit. 

⁹ Then the Lord your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The Lord will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, ¹⁰ if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

I would like God to delight in us again. Remember how we used to spend time with Him and how He blessed us so much in the different areas of our lives? I guess we have forgotten whats it like to be really really close to God. We cannot be like the Israelites ya? We need to stand strong and remember all the good things which He has done for us. 

¹⁶ For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

God wishes to bless us in whatever that we are undertaking so that we can bring glory to Him. But the key is that we need to love Him and walk in obedience to Him. Let's work hard again ok (;

Deuteronomy 31
Joshua the New leader of Israel
⁶ Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”

The law to be read every seven years
Moses commanded the people tat they are to read the law before all Israel in their hearing at the Feast of the Tabernacles. This is so that they may hear and that they may learn to fear the Lord and observe all the words of this law. We need to  go back to God's word daily so that we may learn to fear Him again and be in obedience towards Him. 

Its not going to be easy and we might not feel close to God immediately but we gotta make the first step ya. 

Prediction of Israel's rebellion
Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting and God appeared to them in a pillar of cloud. To Moses, God said he will not enter the promised land, and instructed him to write a song so that people will remember that God had predicted that Israel will rebel and it will serve as a reminder to them. To Joshua, God said again that he needs to be strong and of good courage because He is going to be with him.

Wa, in this passage, God repeated to be strong and of good courage 3 times to Joshua. The message was brought to Joshua through Moses and to him personally (in the tabernacle) 

Lets jiayou ok (:

The Song of Moses