It’s a free day here in Beira - Armed Forces Day. Usually on free days I take the time to learn something new. Today I read the rest of the Power of Habit and in Numbers 14.
Numbers 14:39-45 is a stark example of how obedience at the wrong time isn’t obedience. After the Israelites sinned against God and didn’t want to go to the promised land, God told them to wander the desert for 40 years. After God told them that, they decided to obey - marching into the promised land, but without Moses and without the Ark. There are always two battlefronts to every fight; the physical battle and the battle of the heart. If you don’t win the battle for the heart, you won’t win the physical battle.
God offered to be with the Israelites when they were conquering the promised land. He promised the Israelites a good land and a land of milk and honey - whoever, the people of Israel were shocked that there were giants in the land. God’s promises to us don’t come without a fight. However, God always tells us that he will be there with us and we can fight the giants together.
The Israelites saw the giants as greater than God and started wailing and complaining. They lost the heart battle and God said they could try again in 40 years. After they heard the alternative, they decided they were sorry but you can tell their heart didn’t change - it was still in the wrong place or they would have refused to fight without the ark or without Moses.
In what ways do God and I want to conquer the same thing but I’m not doing things in His way or His timing?
What kind of battles do I fight without the ark of the covenant or my spiritual leaders?
In what ways has God disciplined me and I responded the same way the Israelites did - without the correct change in heart but with a surface-level change in attitude only?
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