Wednesday Reading: Numbers 14:1-4
Key Verse: Numbers 14:4
4 And they said to one another, Let us make a leader, and let us return to Egypt.
Devotion:
How quickly we give up and want our own ways... The children of Israel had continued long enough in their books! They were now ready to give up and go back into their slavery... So many times we are exactly like that in our lives; we try to go forward with Christ and when things do not go our way we look at all the bad things and build ourselves up into a state where we cannot see a way forward – we then want to give up on our walk and return into the doldrums that we once occupied!
Christ came to earth to pay for our sins and He did that by going down a path that none of us would like to tread; indeed we cannot imagine what He went through in the last few hours. But the fact is that He did it. He went through with it. God does not promise that our lives are going to be without fault and without temptation; what He promises is that He will not tempt us and He will not distress us. Don’t forget that we do still walk amongst a land full of people who refuse to do God’s will. We walk in a land where people are following the temptations of Satan and getting into all manner of problems. If we are walking alongside them then should we not expect to be affected by those same things that happen to them?
The children of Israel were walking through land occupied by people who worshipped their own gods or did no worship at all. Unless we are steadfastly walking with Christ and remain in His grip, we will have to face similar issues to those around us too. We will not like to see the poverty and general degradation of society as we walk through it but walking through it we are. If we are able to hold our heads up high and show those around us that we have a Saviour whom we trust and believe in, then just maybe we will convince one of those souls to turn to God as well. Don’t give up just because the way is getting tough; dig in and walk harder!
Points to Ponder:
Do you find your life tough?
Are you depending on Christ?
