{"id":98125,"date":"2026-09-21T19:25:54","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=98125"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:25:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:25:54","slug":"stability-and-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/stability-and-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Stability and Support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>by Zeke Flores<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>The eternal God is a dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms<\/em>&#8221; (Deuteronomy 33:27).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This blessing frames God as stability and support. Israel&#8217;s security wasn&#8217;t in geography or military strength; it was in God Himself.<\/p>\n<p>Moses wants Israel to understand that God is both refuge and foundation. He holds them up and shelters them.<\/p>\n<p>In your life, stability doesn&#8217;t come from circumstances. It comes from God&#8217;s consistency. Deuteronomy 33:27 encourages you to anchor yourself in Him.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Zeke Flores &#8220;The eternal God is a dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms&#8221; (Deuteronomy 33:27). This blessing frames God as stability and support. Israel&#8217;s security wasn&#8217;t in geography or military strength; it was in God Himself. Moses wants Israel to understand that God is both refuge and foundation. He holds them up&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[1881,1521],"class_list":["post-98125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-foundation","tag-stability"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":97978,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/stability\/","url_meta":{"origin":98125,"position":0},"title":"Stability","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Zeke Flores \"So keep the words of this covenant to do them, that you may prosper\" (Deuteronomy 29:9). Moses is renewing the covenant. He warns that prosperity here isn't about wealth; it's about the stability and well-being that come from living within God's design. Israel needed to understand that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Article&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":97961,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/all-these-blessings\/","url_meta":{"origin":98125,"position":1},"title":"All These Blessings","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Zeke Flores \"All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey Yahweh your God\" (Deuteronomy 28:2). Deuteronomy 28 outlines blessings and curses. The point isn't transactional; it's relational. Obedience aligns Israel with God's design, which naturally leads to stability and flourishing. 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