“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—just as you desired of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, ‘Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.’ And the Lord said to me, ‘They are right in what they have spoken. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.”
Losing someone be unsettling.
Have you ever lost someone? Maybe a beloved pastor accepts a call to another congregation, a trusted mentor retires, a parent dies, or Someone who has guided and encouraged us for years is suddenly no longer there.
It can make you anxious and cause you to wonder:
What happens now?
Israel was facing a similar moment. Moses had led God’s people for forty years. He had stood before Pharaoh, received the Law on Mount Sinai, and shepherded Israel through the wilderness. Soon, however, Moses would die before they entered the Promised Land.
The answer was no.
Through Moses, God made a promise:
“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me…to Him you shall listen.”
God was assuring His people that He would continue to speak. He would not leave them without His Word.
In the years that followed, God raised up many prophets. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Nahum, and others faithfully proclaimed His message. Yet none of them fully matched the promise. They all pointed beyond themselves to a greater Prophet who was still to come.
That Prophet is Jesus.
Like Moses, Jesus came to deliver God’s people—not from slavery in Egypt, but from slavery to sin. Like Moses, He spoke God’s Word with authority. Like Moses, He would enter His people into a new covenant. And, like Moses, He would deliver His people to a Promised Land greater than anything they had ever known.
Yet Jesus is greater than Moses because He is not merely God’s messenger. He is God’s eternal Son and the Word made flesh.
When Jesus was transfigured on the mountain, the Father’s voice echoed this promise from Deuteronomy:
“This is My beloved Son…listen to Him.”
That invitation remains just as important today.
We live in a world filled with competing voices.
They all tell us how to think, what to value, what to do, and where to find hope. Some voices are helpful. Others lead us away from God.
In the middle of all that noise, Christ still speaks.
He speaks primarily through the Scriptures, though also through His Spirit and His people. He speaks words of forgiveness to guilty sinners, comfort to the weary, hope to hopeless, assurance to the anxious, and so much more.
The question is not whether God is speaking. It’s whether we are listening.
As you open His Word today, remember that you are not simply reading an ancient book. You are hearing the voice of the Prophet whom God promised long ago, the One who still calls His people to Himself.
Let’s pray…
Lord Jesus,
Thank You for speaking the words of eternal life. In a world filled with so many competing voices, help me to listen first and foremost to You. Open my ears to hear Your Word, strengthen my faith through it, and guide my life according to Your truth.
Amen.
As part of your devotion time, I encourage you to also pray for at least some of the following:
After praying for these people, you may want to finish your devotion time with the Lord’s Prayer…
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. They will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom and the power, and the glory, forever and every. Amen.
In Christ’s Service,
Pastor Kurt
