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Deuteronomy chapter 29, verse 4.

But to this day, the Lord has not given you a heart to understand,

or eyes to see, or ears to hear.

Isn't that an interesting verse?

Moses is in the middle of telling God's people about all that they have seen

and all that they've heard and all that they've experienced.

But then he says in verse 4,

to this day the Lord has not

given you a heart to understand, our eyes, to see, or ears to hear. Now, we could talk a long

time about exactly all of this means. What I want to just lead us to pray according to today is

the reality that we only have a heart to understand, our eyes to see, or ears to hear

if God gives us that. We need God's grace to understand who he is and who we are and how to

live. We need God's grace to see rightly. We need God's grace to hear. In other words, we're dependent on God for

everything that's good, including even understanding what is good, which drives us to pray,

doesn't it? Like, this is the heart of prayer. We have nothing good apart from God. And so we pray in desperation to God for His help.

Even when we open up God's word, I just want to encourage you before you read God's word

to pray, God open my eyes. This is the prayer of Psalm 119, that I may see wonderful things in your

law. God, I need your help to understand your word. We can't understand God's word. We can't

see who God is and hear how to experience full eternal life today and forever, apart from God's help to do so. And the beauty is

God is ready to do so. God wants to do so as we turn to him and look to him and seek him with

humble hearts. He does not turn away the humble who seek him. So we pray, God help us. Help us.

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