The work that the Lord has done is perfect.

In Moses' second song (Deut. 32:1-43),

Moses sang about God, saying, "... the work of his hands is perfect..." (v. 4).

As I meditated on this passage,

I came to the realization that since God is perfect,

the work He does must also be perfect.

Then, I wondered if the Israelites, like Moses, sang "the work of his hands is perfect."

The reason for my doubt stems from the fact that from the Exodus to Deuteronomy,

the Israelites continually complained and grumbled.

Despite God rescuing them from Egypt and leading them to the promised land of Canaan,

they were dissatisfied and expressed their complaints and resentment.

For example, consider Deuteronomy 1:17: "You grumbled in your tents and said,

‘The Lord hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt

to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us.'"

With the Israelites expressing such sentiments,

could they truly sing, "the work of his hands is perfect"?

In my opinion, without faith in the perfect God,

one cannot sing, "the work of his hands is perfect."

Alternatively, when I ponder on this,

I believe that when Moses sang "the work of his hands is perfect,"

it was a confession of faith through belief.

It was an expression that he sang with faith, acknowledging God's holiness,

despite not demonstrating it himself at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh in the sight of the Israelites.

This led to his being unable to enter the land of Canaan,

a land he deeply desired to enter (Num. 20:12).

I also think that he sang this confessionally,

believing that "the work of his hands is perfect" (Deut. 32:4).

Proverbs 19:21 states, "... but only what the Lord wants will happen."

I believe Moses desired to enter the land of Canaan.

Therefore, he pleaded with God to allow him to cross the Jordan River and enter the land of Canaan.

However, it was not God's will for Moses to enter the land of Canaan.

Therefore, God, in His anger, did not listen to Moses' prayer and said to him,

"That's enough. Don't speak to me anymore about this matter" (Exod. 3:23-26).

Like Jesus prayed, "... Yet not as I will, but as you will" (Mt. 26:39),

Moses desired that the perfect will of the Lord (Prov. 19:21) be done rather than his own.

He wished for God's will to be fulfilled,

even if it meant that he himself would not enter the land of Canaan,

just as all the Israelites over the age of twenty, except for Joshua and Caleb,

would not enter the land but rather the subsequent generations (Num. 14:29).

The reason for this is that Moses desired only the perfect will of God to be accomplished.

This is because he believed that everything God, who is perfect, does is perfect.

Therefore, I believe that Moses sang a confession of faith to the Lord,

saying, "the work of his hands is perfect" (Deut. 32:4).

Our Lord is a perfect God.

The perfect will of the perfect God is also perfect.

The perfect will of the perfect God towards us is salvation.

In fulfilling this plan of salvation, our perfect God, who is perfect,

sent His only Son Jesus Christ to this earth and allowed Him to die on the cross,

so that we might be reconciled with the perfect God

and become His children, obtaining eternal life.

Our rock, the perfect God, has already begun the work of salvation within us (Phil. 1:6),

is still working on the work of salvation now (2:12),

and will complete the work of salvation until the day of Christ Jesus (1:6).

Therefore, we also sing a confession of faith to God, saying,

"the work of his hands is perfect" (Deut. 32:4).