The Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord’s power limited? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.'" Numbers 11:23
This verse contains a very direct question: "Is the Lord's power limited?"
Most people that believe in the Lord would quickly dismiss this question and say something along the lines of "of course not." But are their lives being lived in a manner that shows this belief to be true? Can I answer honestly that I believe this? Of course I want to say yes, but does my life give evidence to the fact that this is true for me?
In this passage, Moses is dealing with people that are doubting God and his goodness. The people have just fled Egypt in a miraculous way and everyone saw God perform many miracles on this journey. Yet, the Torah contains many examples of the people of God complaining about God after the fact that they just recieved freedom from Egypt. If they were not complaining about traveling, it was about the food they had to eat. If they did not like the food that God then provided for them, there would be complaints about there not being meat. This is the cycle of this population. They were never satisfied. They saw things happen that could only be described as miracles, yet they still doubted. They were hard-headed, selfish, and relied on themselves more than they relied on God.
Just a few chapters after this, a scouting party was sent to the Promised Land. It is painfully obvious from this story that the people of God did think that the Lord's power was limited. Instead of looking at God and knowing that they were His people and all that they had to do was follow Him, they looked inward and realized that they were inadequate. Because of this, an entire people group was forced to wander aimlessly for forty years to rid itself of a generation of people that doubted God.
The Answer was right in their face and had helped and guided them at every corner. But fear crept in and the people focused on that instead of their God.
So, do you trust the Lord?
Is His power limited?
Is fear a plague on your life that keeps you focusing inward instead of upon Him?
What is keeping you from trusting Him?
Are you ready to trust yourself more than God and wander aimlessly?
Is it worth it?
This verse contains a very direct question: "Is the Lord's power limited?"
Most people that believe in the Lord would quickly dismiss this question and say something along the lines of "of course not." But are their lives being lived in a manner that shows this belief to be true? Can I answer honestly that I believe this? Of course I want to say yes, but does my life give evidence to the fact that this is true for me?
In this passage, Moses is dealing with people that are doubting God and his goodness. The people have just fled Egypt in a miraculous way and everyone saw God perform many miracles on this journey. Yet, the Torah contains many examples of the people of God complaining about God after the fact that they just recieved freedom from Egypt. If they were not complaining about traveling, it was about the food they had to eat. If they did not like the food that God then provided for them, there would be complaints about there not being meat. This is the cycle of this population. They were never satisfied. They saw things happen that could only be described as miracles, yet they still doubted. They were hard-headed, selfish, and relied on themselves more than they relied on God.
Just a few chapters after this, a scouting party was sent to the Promised Land. It is painfully obvious from this story that the people of God did think that the Lord's power was limited. Instead of looking at God and knowing that they were His people and all that they had to do was follow Him, they looked inward and realized that they were inadequate. Because of this, an entire people group was forced to wander aimlessly for forty years to rid itself of a generation of people that doubted God.
The Answer was right in their face and had helped and guided them at every corner. But fear crept in and the people focused on that instead of their God.
So, do you trust the Lord?
Is His power limited?
Is fear a plague on your life that keeps you focusing inward instead of upon Him?
What is keeping you from trusting Him?
Are you ready to trust yourself more than God and wander aimlessly?
Is it worth it?
