No Turning Back
10 - 16 October 2012
Beginning something has excitement but the test lies in being able to continue until you finish. Finishing gives the ultimate joy and reward. The book of Numbers gives an account of how the children of Israel
God's revelation comes with a promise. The challenge is maintaining focus and patience when migrating from the place of revelation to the fulfillment of its promise. The people of Israel did not find this easy to achieve. They murmured and spoke against Moses and against God (Numbers 21:5, 6). They accused both, of bringing them to a place with no water and no meat in order to kill them. They remembered the garlic and food of Egypt but forgot the slavery and hard labor. They spoke discontentedly of what God had done for them, and distrustfully of what he would do. In short, they forgot both the goodness of God and the hardships of the past.
For you today, the truth is there is nothing to go back to in a godless past. God grant you grace not to look back negatively until you cross the finish line. Like a friend said, the future is so bright you need eye shades.
God's revelation comes with a promise. The challenge is maintaining focus and patience when migrating from the place of revelation to the fulfillment of its promise. The people of Israel did not find this easy to achieve. They murmured and spoke against Moses and against God (Numbers 21:5, 6). They accused both, of bringing them to a place with no water and no meat in order to kill them. They remembered the garlic and food of Egypt but forgot the slavery and hard labor. They spoke discontentedly of what God had done for them, and distrustfully of what he would do. In short, they forgot both the goodness of God and the hardships of the past.
For you today, the truth is there is nothing to go back to in a godless past. God grant you grace not to look back negatively until you cross the finish line. Like a friend said, the future is so bright you need eye shades.
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