March 1st

Deuteronomy 1:6-8 (NIV)
6 The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, "You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 7 Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates. 8 See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore he would give to your fathers--to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob--and to their descendants after them."

“You have stayed long enough at this mountain.” God made it clear that He expected Israel to be on the move. He told them to go and take possession of what He had given them. Even when they failed to do that, he kept them moving. It took them forty years to complete a 2 week journey. An entire generation wasted away because they would not follow God. The next generation learned to follow God during that wandering. For forty years, they had a simple task; follow the Lord by day or by night. For some reason, I am reminded of this passage in Hebrews:

Hebrews 5:11-14 (NIV)
11 We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. 12 In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! 13 Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. 14 But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.

Which generation do you belong to?

Love, Pastor Don