Exodus 3:7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
Whatever you are facing today, God knows your sorrows...He is moved with compassion for the things which you suffer.
God sent Moses to Pharaoh to bring them out of the slavery of Egypt. But they went out of the frying pan and into the fire. How did that happen? All of them age 40 years and over ended up dying out in the wilderness. What a tragic ending. This is not what God had planned for them, so how did they end up dying like this? They never received the land of promise. Many times the accused God and Moses of having ill intentions towards them. Many times they accused both of them of leading them to the desert for them to die there. This was not God's intention, yet, exactly what the feared would happen actually did happen, so what went wrong?
It was sin and doubt that caused them to miss their destiny. Obedience and faith would have seen them safely through the wilderness and into the promised land of God.
What sins did they commit? The made a golden calf, and worshipped it. They engaged in sexual sins. They rebelled against Moses and wanted to stone him, they challenged his leadership and tried to take 'charge' of things. They refused to go into the promised land, they refused to cross the Jordan to enter in.
What doubts did they harbor? They complained about water, food and provisions on many occasions. They refused to come near the mountain to speak with God. They murmured and complained instead of being thankful. God told them they were able to go in to the promised land, they saw the inhabitants of the land and refused to go in.
These are just some of their actions that caused them to fail to receive the promises of God.
If you have been praying and praying and it seems like you life just goes around in circles like the children of Israel when they were walking in circles in the wilderness just keep the things written above in your mind. Listen to what the apostle Paul had to say:
Hebrews 3:
15While it is said, Today if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
16For some, when they had heard, did provoke: yet not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
18And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
19So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Hebrews 4:
1Let us therefore fear, lest, although a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
3For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
If you have an ear to hear this it will change your life. As long as you are behaving the same as the children of Israel did out in the wilderness you will never receive the promises of God in your life like you should have received them. They will always be just on the other side of circumstances that you can't get across...
We have to have faith and obedience. Faith to move when God says to move, and obedience to live according to the words and commands of God. If you chose to live your way instead of the bible way, get ready for a life that is just going around in circles and going no where at all. Trust and obey!
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