The Transformational Weight of “If”:

Leadership at the Threshold

In Deuteronomy 30, Moses doesn’t end his message with certainty. He ends it with a condition:

“If you obey the Lord your God…” (v. 10)

It’s a striking choice. After laying out God’s restorative work, after describing the gathering, healing, and returning, Moses pivots. The initiative is clearly God’s. But the response? That’s left open. Not assumed. Not f…