Friday January 30, 2009 FAILURE TO TRUST
Don't rebel against the LORD, and don't be afraid of the people of the land. We will devour them like bread. They have no protection, and the LORD is with us. So don't be afraid of them." But when the whole community of Israel talked about stoning Moses and Aaron to death, they all saw the glory of the LORD shining at the tent of meeting. The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to trust me in spite of all the miraculous signs I have done among them? I'll strike them with a plague, I'll destroy them, and I'll make you into a nation larger and stronger than they are." But Moses said to the LORD, "What if the Egyptians hear about it? (You used your power to take these people away from them.) What if the Egyptians tell the people who live in this land? LORD, they have already heard that you are with these people, that they have seen you with their own eyes, that your column of smoke stays over them, and that you go ahead of them in a column of smoke by day and in a column of fire by night. But if you kill all these people at the same time, then the nations who have heard these reports about you will say, 'The LORD wasn't able to bring these people into the land he promised them, so he slaughtered them in the desert.' "Lord, let your power be as great as when you said, 'The LORD. patient, forever loving. He forgives wrongdoing and disobedience. He never lets the guilty go unpunished, punishing children. for their parents' sins to the third and fourth generation.' By your great love, please forgive these people's sins, as you have been forgiving them from the time they left Egypt until now." Numbers 14:9-19 Moses did everything he could to help his followers believe and trust in God - to no avail. We know that God destroyed almost all people before and now He was about to do it again. Have you ever felt like destroying your family? I have. It was the winter of 1993 - a blizzard. We had no electricity for several days; our children were teenagers and we were all stuck in the house together and for the first time in my life I understood why someone would kill their family and them commit suicide. They were driving me crazy! Their constant complaints, combined with the lack of food and boredom was really getting to me. Had it not been for my faith in God I'm almost positive I would have done something crazy - if there had been a gun somewhere. When the people we sacrifice everything for don't appreciate us we can quickly get exasperated with them. Isn't it nice to know that God has felt the same thing we've felt? Yet, Moses was there to stand up to God and remind Him that He as a loving God and His job was to forgive. Hallelujah. That is also our job as well. Will we do it? Father, thank You so much for Your Word and for teaching us Who You are and what forgiveness entails. Help us go and do likewise. O. Addison Gethers e-mail address : [email protected] or [email protected] window live messenger: [email protected] aim: durangoadd64 skype: cowboys62 yahoo messenger: OADDISONGETHERS --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
