Do you ever feel like it has been weeks, or months, or years since that last time you were on the right path? It's as if God forgot that he is supposed to be walking with you and helping you through the troubles that come your way?
Now, we know that God uses our trials to help us grow close to him, but occasionally our natural human tendencies lead us to believe that he has completely abandoned us.
When you're going through a time that you feel like God has abandoned you, it's comforting to read through the Bible and see stories of people thousands of years ago that felt the same way and see the amazing blessings God poured out on them when they were faithful through their trials.
Joshua and Caleb were part of the group that was chosen to explore the land that God promised to the Israelites. They saw all the riches and beauty that the land had to offer. It was easy for them to see God's plan and how he would bless the Israelites if they were faithful to him. But, for the rest of the Israelites, it had been years of wandering in the wilderness and it was becoming easier and easier to believe that God had abandoned them.
If we faithfully follow the Lord, even when we feel that we've spent years wandering aimlessly in the wilderness, God will bring us safely where we belong and his abundant blessing will be poured upon us.
{Through The Bible In One Year Update: Numbers 21}
Praise: I got the job I applied for at a local church!
Prayer: Working on patience & kindness
Now, we know that God uses our trials to help us grow close to him, but occasionally our natural human tendencies lead us to believe that he has completely abandoned us.
When you're going through a time that you feel like God has abandoned you, it's comforting to read through the Bible and see stories of people thousands of years ago that felt the same way and see the amazing blessings God poured out on them when they were faithful through their trials.
Numbers 14:7-8
"They said to the community of Israel, 'The land we explored
is a wonderful land! And if the Lord is pleased with us,
he will bring us safely into that land and give it to us.
It is a rich land flowing with milk and honey,
and he will give it to us!'"
"They said to the community of Israel, 'The land we explored
is a wonderful land! And if the Lord is pleased with us,
he will bring us safely into that land and give it to us.
It is a rich land flowing with milk and honey,
and he will give it to us!'"
Joshua and Caleb were part of the group that was chosen to explore the land that God promised to the Israelites. They saw all the riches and beauty that the land had to offer. It was easy for them to see God's plan and how he would bless the Israelites if they were faithful to him. But, for the rest of the Israelites, it had been years of wandering in the wilderness and it was becoming easier and easier to believe that God had abandoned them.
If we faithfully follow the Lord, even when we feel that we've spent years wandering aimlessly in the wilderness, God will bring us safely where we belong and his abundant blessing will be poured upon us.
{Through The Bible In One Year Update: Numbers 21}
Praise: I got the job I applied for at a local church!
Prayer: Working on patience & kindness
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