But as for you, turn ye, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. So I spake unto you; and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. | ||
| Deuteronomy 1:40–46 | ||
| The children of Israel didn’t do what God had told them to do when He commanded them to take the Land. Then they did what God had told them not to do when they attacked the Amorites. Why? Because they followed their own counsel rather than God’s. What has God told you to do? What has He put on your heart? I can make a strong case against doing what God has told me to do. I can murmur and blame others. But each time I do, I end up wandering and missing the promised land of whatever area the Lord wants me to possess. Life is either a fantastic adventure or it is an endless detour. And the only difference between the two is faith. Pastor Jon Courson | ||
