Monday, May 18, 2015

Complete Trust


And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying "The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature."  Numbers 13:32

Moses had sent out twelve men to spy out the promised land.  The men had returned with an abundance of fruit from the land, but gave the people a bad report.  With fear they described the people who inhabited the land.  Their conclusion was that if the people went into the land they would be devoured.

It would seem very odd that God would through mighty wonders deliver His people from Egypt, and then lead them into the land he had promised them, only to have them swallowed up.  Yet, that is what the spies reported to the people, and the people believed them.  Because the Children of Israel did not trust the Lord they were not able to enter into His promises.

I wonder how many times we mirror Israel's lack of faith.  There is that little nagging fear in most of us that keeps us from trusting God completely.  We shy away from total trust, as if the God who died for us would lead us to places that would devour us.  God's promises are sure, He loves us and we are under His grace, so let's trust Him!
  

1 comment:

  1. Trust ~ it's that same old control issue. We trust God with our salvation, knowing that we can't make that happen in our own strength. But the daily circumstances and issues that concern us? We'd like to think we have some control there. So we hold tightly to the helm, trying to make all things work out for good instead of handing them over to the One who sees the bigger picture and has already been in tomorrow.
    Thanks for the reminder to trust, Terry.

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