When God’s Yes means No! “He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their soul” (Ps 106:15). “There is nothing at all except this manna,” said the people, pouting (Num 11:6). Moses had no idea where to get meat to add to their diet and told the Lord about it. The Lord was not […]
Moses gives us an inspiring example of spiritual large-heartedness. May his tribe increase! In Numbers 11, seventy men had been recognized as leaders of the people and were given the same Spirit that had equipped Moses for God’s work. However, it isn’t those whom men recognize but those whom God ordains that are His true […]
T.E.A.M. Together Everyone Achieves More. And individually yielding to the Spirit is the secret. In a book called Numbers, it shouldn’t surprise us to see some multiplication and division. Moses was exhausted. As he told the Lord, “I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me” […]
When you’ve had it, and then see God’s EXIT sign, going through it will take you right into His arms. We concluded our last lesson with Moses unloading on the Lord. He wasn’t wrong in doing this. We’ve been instructed to cast all our care on Him. But remember what he said? “I am not […]
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It may be tantalizing to consider leaving your problems behind, but take them to Him instead. In the midst of the judgment of the Lord on the people for their grumbling, they “cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the Lord, the fire was quenched” (Num 11:2). The equation seems very simple. Complaining […]
Giving in to my earthly appetites and allowing them to rule my life will, in the end, eat me up! The place where Israel complained on this occasion was immortalized by naming it Taberah, after a root word meaning “consume.” Ironic, isn’t it? Today we’re called consumers, referring to our appetite for things. No generation […]
Complaining today about yesterday won’t make tomorrow better. Prayer is a much better plan! Nobody was cared for like the Israelites. They had been delivered from Pharaoh’s army with supernatural power. They were fed with supernatural food when God had “given them of the bread of heaven” (Ps 78:24). They had supernatural guidance and protection, […]
Believer, you may not see Christ your Ark up ahead, or God your Cloud overhead, but They’re there! The last four verses of Numbers 10 are a beautiful display of the Lord’s grace in restoring His people. Moses made the mistake of trusting in someone other than the Lord. Remember the words of George Duffield’s […]
Moses knew the Lord promised them Canaan, but forgot He also promised to lead them there. Numbers 10:11-12 give a summary of the first leg of Israel’s journey from Sinai until “the cloud settled down in the Wilderness of Paran.” This was “a journey of three days” (v 33), and so there were two night […]