Today’s Reading: Numbers 14; Numbers 15; Numbers 16; Mark 3
Scripture: Numbers 14:34 "For forty years—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you."
Observation: How devastating this is. Not primarily the forty years of wandering, but the curse of this statement: "[You will] know what it is like to have me against you." God, who redeemed them from slavery and through miracle after miracle, brought them to the brink of the promised land, now takes a position in opposition to them. That makes for forty miserable years.
Application: The lesson I take from this is that it is possible to push against God to the point where the consequence is His dedicated opposition to you. Don't go there! You can be called, chosen, and redeemed, yet be an object of God's judgment by rejecting God and disbelieving Him.
Prayer: Lord, help me to trust and obey You always. I want to live on the narrow road. Lord, You know my inconsistencies. Help me to pursue You with passionate purpose and consistent commitment. I want to be the object of Your love and blessing always.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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