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Today's Devotion
From Dr. David Jeremiah
Fives: The Pentateuch
August 8, 2026
Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.
Deuteronomy 4:5
Recommended Reading:
Psalm 1Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,3 He shall be like a treeAnd whatever he does shall prosper.4 The ungodly are not so,But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,But the way of the ungodly shall perish.And the people plot a vain thing?
Psalm 1:1-6
The Pentagon, a five-sided building constructed during World War II, was designed for an irregular plot of land bounded by roads that formed a rough five-sided shape. The Latin word for five is pent, and that’s also why the first five books of the Bible are called the Pentateuch.
The Jews called these books the Law or the Torah, and they contain core teachings foundational to biblical truth. When an observant Jew reads Psalm 1, for example, this is the way he reads it: “Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly … but his delight is in the [Torah] of the Lord. And in His [Torah] he meditates day and night” (verses 1-2).
Most of us like to read familiar biblical passages. But it all goes back to the Torah, and we would be wise to read it more often. Deuteronomy is especially rich. Read it, and you’ll find the Lord’s statutes and judgments that show us how to act in the land we are possessing with our souls.
Moses makes it clear that blessings come when the heart is right.
Warren Wiersbe
