Call the Heavens

Deuteronomy 30:19 This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live 20 and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

    Who would you call as witnesses for you if you needed to call witnesses to your character? I would want to call someone with lots of pull, lots of reputation, lots of character. I want someone whose testimony would be believed. Wouldn't you!
    So who does the LORD, the Creator of everything, say He will call as a witness against a rebellious people? The LORD calls creation itself as witness. He pulls in everything, the very creation that speaks His Name, the creation that reflects His character of design and order. He calls it to the stand in His trial of humanity. People come and go, but the heavens and the earth are here to stay.
     He calls on heaven and earth to witness that He is giving humanity a choice. They must choose one way or the other. No sitting on the fence. No third position. We have a choice to make, every day.
     He calls on heaven and earth to witness because He knows that they are going to rebel against Him. Despite all the evidence that obedience is best, they will choose to worship other gods. They will turn away even though they know that punishment will come because of it.
     Does this sound like us?