Numbers 33<\/p>\n
Such a detailed account of the children of Israel’s journey from Egypt!
\nHow easy it would be to skip over reading so many repetitive passages.
\nAll 40 + campsites and then the travel to the next, and so on.
\nUntil v 51.\u00a0 Here God speaks to Moses and gives very specific instructions to the Israelites before they enter Canaan.\u00a0 Everything there is to be destroyed, including all the carved images, idols and high places.\u00a0 Then the land will be divided by family and size.
\nOnce again we see God being very detailed in His instructions.\u00a0 After the long journey, God’s children are about to enter the promised land.\u00a0 Glory.<\/p>\n
It would be easy to stop here and bask in the beauty of Canaan. And we should.\u00a0 As his children we should always be mindful of how he brought us from “Egypt”, one campsite at a time, to His promise for us.<\/p>\n
But, we also need to be reminded of all the details.\u00a0 Not just the journey but v 55.\u00a0 We must drive out ALL the inhabitants of the land or it will become a thorn in our side.<\/p>\n
Jesus gave us examples of laying down or putting aside our life to follow him.
\nIt is repetitive through the new testament to cast off our old life and put on the new.<\/p>\n
As followers of Christ, we have become a new creation.\u00a0 In order for us to put on Christ, we must remove the old person.\u00a0 Just as Moses was instructed to cleanse the land of it’s former occupants (and their gods), we too must do the same.<\/p>\n
We should ask God to open our eyes to any idol or high place in our life that has become a needle in our eye or thorn in our side<\/p>\n
In Christ, Bill Burgan<\/p>\n
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