Numbers 33:2 At the LORD’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey….
I sometimes I do a project with my seniors called “Where are you going, Where have you been?” It is designed to help them look back and see how they got to where they are now and to help them look forward and begin to figure out where they want to go next. On the edge of the Promised Land, I feel like God is leading the Israelites to a similar type of reflection.
Numbers 33:51-52 “‘Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When you cross the Jordan into Canaan, drive out all the inhabitants…. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols, and demolish all their high places.’”
Specifically, He wants them to remember the 38 years spent wandering in the wilderness, waiting for the faithless generation to die out. His last directive to the Israelites in this chapter is to wipe out the inhabitants of Canaan, their carved images, and their idols or to live with the consequences.
Numbers 33:55a “‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides….’”
Lord, Thank You for this day, for this scripture, for this reminder of the need to look back at where we’ve come from and look forward to where we are going. Help us not to lose sight of how far we’ve come, and help us not to take our eyes off of You. Draw us closer. Amen.
Numbers 33:55b “‘…They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.’”
Have a blessed day.
My faith, my life, my teaching–it's all a work in progress.