Day 1: A Peek at the Promise Land
Can you imagine getting a peek of what you've been waiting for? Especially if you've been waiting on it for what feels like forever? The group of men that were chosen to go explore the Promise Land for 40 days got to see things first hand, and then all but two of them had to go and spoil it for the rest of them by start rumors. Again, why is it so hard to follow God's lead? The Israelites certainly had their fair share of challenges, but each time God showed himself to them in the end, so why... Why, Why, Why did they always fall away from him? God saw to it that all that treated him with contempt would NEVER see the promise land. In all reality hard hearts may very well find us in a situation such as this.
Then we witnessed the passing of Moses. I have to say that I was very upset that he didn't get to enter into the Promise Land. I kept thinking, "But God, look at what he has done for you? We all make mistakes, where is the forgiveness?" But then I had to refresh... God gave Moses and Aaron very specific instructions and explained to them that there would be consequences if they were not followed very precisely. So when Moses struck that rock twice out of anger and disobedience instead of speaking to it like God asked him to, he sealed his own fate. God gave his very faithful servant his own special burial, that only he knows about.
"How God must grieve over two common approaches to His unfolding plan: those who want position without preparation and those who refuse to leave the comforts of preparation to take the position." (Moore, 2007)
In conclusion today, I highlighted away on the last three paragraphs of today's study. Find a questions that sits well with where you're at in your life right now and elaborate on it.
"Have you found yourself on the brink of the place for which God has long been preparing you? A location? A place of service? A circumstance? A position? Something of which you sense He has been preparing you for a long time?"
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wow, today's study was just great! i loved the quote you wrote out, sarah--the one about us wanting position without preparation or not wanting to leave comfort to take the position... so interesting! and SO true!!! we want to be leaders (like moses) but we don't want to go through the rejection and identity crisis of being pulled away from all that is familiar. we want the burning bush, but we don't want to have to go into the desert... there are SO many things we can learn from moses! and it's obvious that even though he certainly wasn't perfect, he was a faithful servant and God loved him very much! what a neat memorial that only God knows! and what testimony that when we are faithful, God truly takes care of EVERYTHING!!!
So what Ur trying to say God Loves us no matter what.
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