Deuteronomy 32:1

Deuteronomy 32:1 says, Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. This is Moses call for everyone to hear God when He speaks, and He still calls on us to hear Him today.  The people of Israel were often rebellious, and even the heavens and the earth were more likely to hear God's word than they were.  As followers of Christ, we must always be willing to hear God's call to us to obey His commandments.  Verse two adds, My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:  Moses said God's doctrine would drop down as a gentile rain on the tender herbs and grass.  Matthew Henry says that on the rebellious God's word would be as a harsh and driving rain, but on those who obey God's commandments it would be a gentile, reviving rain.  Of course, the first commandment we would have to obey is putting our faith in Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.  Verse three continues, Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.  Moses said that what He had declared to the people of Israel was God’s word, and that they were to ascribe greatness to God, and not to Moses himself.  When we share the gospel with people today, or whenever we preach His word, we must make sure that people are drawn to the greatness of God and not to us.  Verse four states, He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.  Moses said that God was the Rock, that His work is perfect, all His ways were a judgment and God is a God of truth without iniquity.  This is the Rock upon which Jesus told Peter that He would build His church, and not Peter himself.  Faith in God through accepting Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord is still the Rock of our salvation today.  Verse five adds, They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.  Moses said the people of Israel, God's chosen people, had corrupted themselves, and we as Christians, God's chosen people today, cannot afford to do that.  We need to live daily to bring honor and glory to God and by our faith draw others to Him.  Verse six continues, Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?  Moses then asked if they would be foolish enough to not acknowledge God as their Father, Who had bought them and made and established them as His people.  They had not become God's people because of their own goodness, but because God had called and established them as His people.  God has called everyone to Himself today to become a part of His people by putting their faith in Jesus Christ, yet people are too often too foolish to do so.