Deuteronomy 1:21 Look! He has placed
the land in front of you. Go and occupy it as the Lord, the God of your
ancestors, has promised you. Don’t be afraid! Don’t be discouraged!’ 22 “But you all came to me and said, ‘First,
let’s send out scouts to explore the land for us. They will advise us on the
best route to take and which towns we should enter.’ 23 “This seemed like a good idea to me, so I
chose twelve scouts, one from each of your tribes. 24 They headed for the hill
country and came to the valley of Eshcol and explored it. 25 They picked some
of its fruit and brought it back to us. And they reported, ‘The land the Lord
our God has given us is indeed a good land.’ 26 “But you rebelled against the
command of the Lord your God and refused to go in. 27 you complained in your
tents and said, ‘The Lord must hate us. That’s why he has brought us here from
Egypt—to hand us over to the Amorites to be slaughtered. 28 Where can we go?
Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people
of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are
large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the
descendants of Anak!” ’ 29 “But I said to you, ‘Don’t be shocked or afraid of
them! 30 The Lord your God is going ahead of you. He will fight for you, just
as you saw him do in Egypt. 31 And you
saw how the Lord your God cared for you all along the way as you traveled
through the wilderness, just as a father cares for his child. Now he has
brought you to this place.’ 32 “But
even after all he did, you refused to trust the Lord your God, 33 who goes
before you looking for the best places to camp, guiding you with a pillar of
fire by night and a pillar of cloud by day.
Verse 21 and 22 -
God
has place something before you, you know it is God, you heard God and he says
don’t be afraid or discouraged. So what
do you do? You decide you need to pray
about it. Really????? God spoke you obey, why do you need to pray
about what the Lord has already spoken or shown you? It is just like going on
Quest, why do you need to pray about spending 5 ½ days with the Lord? This goes for serving on quest as well. Do you have to pray about serving the
Lord? If the door is opened to you then
walk through it and don’t throw out excuses.
It is like this; if you are being called to go to serve in the mission
field, then GO! The Lord will direct
your path and he will protect you while you are away! Exodus 34.23 Three times each year every man in Israel
must appear before the Sovereign, the Lord, and the God of Israel. 24 I will
drive out the other nations ahead of you and expand your territory, so no one
will covet and conquer your land while you appear before the Lord your God
three times each year. This passage is about getting away and the
Lord not letting your enemies get the upper hand while you are a way. It is also referring to taking a sabbatical
three times a year I feel. That is for
another day of writing
23 – 25 so what did Moses do, he listened to
man. God had already spoken, but he
listened to man and sent out the scouts.
The scouts reported good things, but it wasn’t good enough and so they
made up more excuses for why they didn’t want to do what the Lord said. THEY REBELLED!
Jeremiah 17.5 This is what the Lord
says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, (or one man) who rely on human
strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord. 6 They are like stunted shrubs in the
desert, with no hope for the
future. They will live in the barren
wilderness, in an uninhabited salty land.
7 “But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the Lord
their hope and confidence.
They wanted to do it there way and in their timing and even though the
Lord had brought them through the wilderness and out bondage they walked back
into bondage because they would not trust the Lord.
Deuteronomy 1:32 “But even after all he did,
you refused to trust the Lord your God, 33 who goes before you looking for the
best places to camp, guiding you with a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of
cloud by day
I will finish with this, trust the Lord and do not operate out of
fear. If or when you hear the Lord then
do what He says. If He opens a door then
walk through it.
Trust Him! This was as much for me
as it is for you!
