MOVING
ON
MEMORISE
The
LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this
mount:
Deuteronomy 1:6
READ
Deuteronomy 1:6-8
6 The LORD
our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this
mount:
7 Turn you,
and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the
places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the
south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon,
unto the great river, the river Euphrates.
8 Behold, I
have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware
unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their
seed after them.
MESSAGE
God is the Creator of the heavens and the earth,
and as such, He is familiar with His creation to the extent that He knows that
human beings are averse to making changes in life. We have a terrible tendency
of becoming attached to locations and activities, such that we refuse to move
on when we should. Consequently, God gave the call for His people to move on at
different times in the Bible. For the children of Israel in the wilderness, the
taking up of the cloud from the tabernacle of testimony was a signal that they
should prepare to move on (Numbers 10:11-13). People prefer to continue doing
what they have done repeatedly for years because they have gotten used to it
and feel at home with familiar activities and environments. We stay on
activities longer than we should, meetings run longer than necessary and we
prefer to maintain the status quo. Sometimes, in order to avoid making changes,
we even ignore God’s directives.
The truth is that we fear the unknown and would
rather not take the risk of charting a new course. Meanwhile, progress can only
come when we dare to move forward. We prevent God from doing marvelous things
in our lives because we are so fearful and faithless that we refuse to move
forward. Moreover, all the heroes of the Bible, from Abraham, to Isaac, Jacob,
Joseph, Moses, Samuel, David and the prophets were all made to pass through the
process of change in order to fulfill their destiny. Therefore, change is tied
to success and is inevitable for anyone who would be successful in life. In
Deuteronomy 1:6-8, God called Moses from the mountain where he was complacent,
to enter the land of the Amorites and Canaanites where there were great
warriors. This instruction appeared to be a risk to the lives of the children
of Israel, but Moses obeyed in Deuteronomy 2:1-3:
“Then
we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea,
as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. And the LORD
spake unto me, saying, Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you
northward.”
However, reluctance is evident in his obedience, as
they foot-dragged for many days until the Lord spoke again that they should
turn towards the North. What is God calling you to do now? What comforts is He
calling you to leave behind? What have you been ignoring? Have faith and move
on.
PRAYER
POINT
Father, wherever you lead me I promise to follow;
please help me to be receptive to changes.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR
Leviticus 10-12; Psalm 120-122
Father, you have called us to Glory and Virtue, this is our portion this year in Jesus name' Amen.
ReplyDeleteThis message is not only timely but powerful
ReplyDeletefather give me d grace to follow u
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