Hi, it's David Platt. Have you signed up for Secret Church 25 yet? It's happening online, April 11th,

and I would love for you to join us. We're going to spend six hours together studying the book of

Matthew, discovering how to make our lives count for what matters most, and praying for our

persecuted family around the world. Prices go up after February 25th, so register today at radical.net

slash SC25. I'd love to see you there. Pray the word with David Platt is a resource from

Radical.net. Deuteronomy chapter 10, verses 17 through 19. For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of Lords, the great, the

mighty and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. He executes justice for the

fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

Love the sojourner, therefore, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Oh, there's so much here.

I love this picture of God's glory, his greatness, his might, how awesome he is,

specifically on behalf of the fatherless, the widow, and the sojournery.

Which is why we see all throughout Scripture an emphasis on God's people reflecting his love

for the fatherless and the widow.

Think about James 127.

This is true religion.

To look after, to care for orphans and widows in their distress.

But what I want to camp out on today is this picture of the sojourner and lead us to pray

in light of God's command to his people in the Old Testament, to love the sojour, the person

who is among God's people, but is not a part of the nation of Israel in the Old Testament.

That's the context here, which is why we must be really careful when we read verses like this,

not to make a one-to-one comparison with maybe nations we're a part of today.

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