KINGDOM PREPARATION DAY THIRTY ONE: Scripture Reading: Numbers 14:1-12 Focus Verses: Numbers 14:1-2 The People’s Response and the LORD’s Reaction In today’s reading we find the first time that God’s people ever voted about something and God’s reaction to their decision. Upon hearing the report of the majority that the conquest of Canaan bordered the impossible, “the congregation lifted up their voices and cried.” They began to complain against Moses and Aaron saying, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt…or in the Wilderness!” As a result of all of this, they were seemingly ready to take another vote! This next vote was to be to “select a (new) leader and return to Egypt.” Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of the entire congregation. In answer to their prayers, Joshua and Caleb spoke up saying, “The land we passed through to spy out is a good land” and that “the LORD…will bring us into this land and give it to us!” Unlike the fearful followers of the 10 doubting spies, these two men believed that they already had a new leader, the Almighty Jehovah God! They tried to encourage the people not to rebel against their true Leader (“the LORD”) and to encourage them to trust Him to deliver the land to them just as He had promised. The people reacted to these two brave men just as they had before reacted to Moses and Aaron. They wanted to “stone them” (verse 10). What was God’s reaction to all of this? He threatened to “strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them” (verse 12). In other words, God wanted to hit the “delete” button and give Moses a new nation that was “greater and mightier” than those doubters! Prayer Emphasis: •Kingdom Preparation enables us to believe the promises of God enough “to go against the flow!” Refuse to settle for anything less than God’s best for your life! It is only prudent to accept the will of the people if it does not contradict the will of God!
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:03:03 +0000
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