Archive | November 2015

Numbers 11 – Is God’s hand too short….

Nov9

God evening y’all. Today we are studying Numbers chapter 11.

Be blessed 🙂

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“Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord ’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp”….”Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed”.
(Numbers 11:1, 4 NLT)

Complaining, grumbling and murmuring won’t get us anywhere. If at all anything they cause more damage than good.

The children of Israel started grumbling and moaning about their troubles and the Lord got angry and set fire to the outer edge of the camp. After that, they decided to follow the pattern of the foreigners around them. They saw the foreigners complain and they joined as well. In the end their complaining led to their death.

Complaining and moaning is a sign of ingratitude. The children of Israel were the same set of people that cried out to God for help when they were in Egypt, now after they have been delivered they are moaning about food.  They seemed to have forgotten all God had done for them.

Rather than grumble or complain, it’s better to pray about whatever it is that we’re agitated about. I once heard a preacher say, “…turn all your complaints into prayer…the amount of time we spend complaining could have been used praying about the issue”. Complaining doesn’t bring results, instead prayer does: therefore we are instructed in Phillipians 4:6 to pray rather than complain.  

Scripture also says do all things without complaining and arguing (Phil 2:14).

I pray we learn to be thankful rather than complain and grumble.

Moses couldn’t comprehend how God was going to feed all the people with meat. His human mind just couldn’t conceive how this could be. At that point, he seemed to have forgotten how great and powerful God is.

“But Moses responded to the Lord , “There are 600,000 foot soldiers here with me, and yet you say, ‘I will give them meat for a whole month!’ Even if we butchered all our flocks and herds, would that satisfy them? Even if we caught all the fish in the sea, would that be enough?”
(Numbers 11:21-22 NLT)

How often do we find ourselves in a similar position like Moses where we are faced with a challenging situation and we begin to question in our minds whether God can actually fix the challenge?

I love God’s response to Moses in verse 23.
“The Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord’s hand (His ability and power) become short (thwarted and inadequate)? You shall see now whether My word shall come to pass for you or not”. (Numbers 11:23 AMP)

Is God’s hand to short that it can’t deliver you from your current situation? I want you to take this verse as God talking to you regards whatever challenge you may be facing right now. He is able to fix it. There is nothing too difficult for Him.

Luke 1:37 says with God all things are possible.

Jeremiah 32:17 says Ah Lord God thou hast made the heavens and the earth. Nothing is too difficult for thee.

And indeed in verse 31 God sent the meat to them. They had more than enough.

I’ve come to learn that with God its not for us to know how or when He will do it. Our job is to believe He can and will do it.

Today, remember the hand of your God is not too short to deliver you. GOD says I am the God of all flesh is there anything too hard for me? So take your challenges to Him and watch Him fix it for you.

Thanks for joining today. Pls feel free to share your thots on the chapter.

Have a blessed evening 😘

Jumbug…xxx

***With God all things are possible***

Numbers 9 – God’s Positioning System

Nov5

Good evening y’all. I’ve finally caught up with backlog of blogging :). This blog is on Numbers chapter 9. Be blessed 🙂

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“Moses said, “Wait here while I go into the sacred tent and find out what the Lord says about this.” (Numbers 9:8 CEVUS06)

Moses found himself in a situation he was unfamiliar with. He had never known of anyone celebrating Passover without being ceremonially unclean. The Israelites had every right to partake in the passover and when they came to meet Moses, he could have easily replied them saying “yes you should be okay to celebrate” but I love what Moses response was. He didn’t assume on God’s behalf, rather he went to seek God’s face concerning the issue.

Often times we assume things on God’s behalf rather than asking Him to confirm what He wants us to do (I’m guilty of this offence so many times! 😦 ).  We shouldn’t just assume what He wants from us, rather we should take time out to seek His face.

If we seek God, we will find Him, just as He promised. He will never leave us stranded. We can save ourselves a lot of heartache when we learn to take a leaf from Moses’ book.

It’s one thing to seek God’s opinion and it’s another thing to carry out His response: especially when His response is not desirable. May God give us the grace to be obedient to Him even when it’s not convenient for us, in Jesus’ Name I pray.  Amen.

In addition, the Israelites only left, or remained, in a location when God instructs them so. God led them by day as a cloud and at night as fire: they only broke camp whenever the pillar cloud or fire moved. God was basically their GPS system. They never got tired of following the GPS of God or at any point ever thought they knew better than their GPS system. This is obedience taken to another level…lol. They demonstrated total dependance and reliance on God.

Who is your GPS system: God or yourself or your TomTom?

How much easier and sweeter would our lives be if only we would allow God to be the One directing and leading us? If we would surrender and give the control over to him.

He knows it all. He created everything. He knows what’s best for us. So why not let Him take the wheel?

Proverbs tells us not to lean on our understanding.

“With all your heart you must trust the Lord and not your own judgment.  Always let him lead you, and he will clear the road for you to follow”. (Proverbs 3:5-6 CEVUS06)

Psalmist tell us that those who put their trust in God will not be put to shame.

“No one who trusts in you will ever be disgraced, but disgrace comes to those who try to deceive others. Show me the right path, O  lord ; point out the road for me to follow. Lead me by your truth and teach me, for you are the God who saves me. All day long I put my hope in you”. (Psalms 25:3-5 NLT)

Today why don’t you hand over the control to God?  Ask for grace to ‘trust and obey’ Him completely.

Prayer:
Dear Lord, we thank You for today. We thank You for Your love towards us. We ask You for forgiveness for all the times we have been disobedient. We also pray that Your Holy Spirit may help us obey and trust You. Lord, we hand over control of our lives to You. Please direct and lead us. Thank You, dear Lord, in Jesus’ Name we have prayed. Amen.

Thank you for joining today.

Have a wonderful evening basking in God’s goodness 🙂

***With God all things are possible***