Today Our Daily Bread Numbers 14

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Matthew 24:37 "When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah's day.
Yesterday I was thinking about Noah’s day again. There was a family in Noah’s day, who refused to listen to and join in with all that was going on in the world, they chose rather to listen to God, no matter how extreme it seemed. Because of this there was an old way going to be washed away by things Noah & those of His day had never ever seen before. God revealed some brand new things to the man who listened to Him and the things became so visible that even those around Noah saw them. The Ark is one, right before the eyes of men, mocking men, the appeared out of "nothing" something, an ark, a place of refuge, safety, chance & change. It was so clear, it was so ready to contain whoever would desire to go inside. It provided a continual chance for a change of mind and heart. Really change can only come from the heart for the mind gets right in the way and actually prevents change. I was thinking yesterday also, that we are in an information logical, knowledge age, and this is exactly why we resist change when God asks for it. Another thing totally new that Noah’s day saw was a picture of the results of salvation. Rain came from the heavens and washed the earth of all its filth, spiritually, naturally & otherwise. Rain came from heaven and washed the land and changed the land and made the land new. Remember we are "the land", remember water is the Holy Spirit, the work of God’s Spirit alive in us with the ability to activate change in us. To make old go away forever, and cause new life to srping forth in a different manner.

Luke 12 :25 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not! What can add more than a moment to your life? Being with Him, His love, His grace, His mercy. God in me adds eternity to my heart and life.
Numbers 14: 1 - 45
1 Then all the people began weeping aloud, and they cried all night. 2 Their voices rose in a great chorus of complaint against Moses and Aaron. "We wish we had died in Egypt, or even here in the wilderness!" they wailed. 3 "Why is the LORD taking us to this country only to have us die in battle? Our wives and little ones will be carried off as slaves! Let's get out of here and return to Egypt!" 4 Then they plotted among themselves, "Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!"
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell face down on the ground before the people of Israel. 6 Two of the men who had explored the land, Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, tore their clothing. 7 They said to the community of Israel, "The land we explored is a wonderful land! 8 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! 9 Do not rebel against the LORD, and don't be afraid of the people of the land. They are only helpless prey to us! They have no protection, but the LORD is with us! Don't be afraid of them!" 10 But the whole community began to talk about stoning Joshua and Caleb. Then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites from above the Tabernacle.
11 And the LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people reject me? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them? 12 I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation far greater and mightier than they are!" 13 "But what will the Egyptians think when they hear about it?" Moses pleaded with the LORD. "They know full well the power you displayed in rescuing these people from Egypt. 14 They will tell this to the inhabitants of this land, who are well aware that you are with this people. They know, LORD, that you have appeared in full view of your people in the pillar of cloud that hovers over them. They know that you go before them in the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. 15 Now if you slaughter all these people, the nations that have heard of your fame will say, 16 'The LORD was not able to bring them into the land he swore to give them, so he killed them in the wilderness.' 17 "Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed it to be. For you said, 18 'The LORD is slow to anger and rich in unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. Even so he does not leave sin unpunished, but he punishes the children for the sins of their parents to the third and fourth generations.' 19 Please pardon the sins of this people because of your magnificent, unfailing love, just as you have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt."
20 Then the LORD said, "I will pardon them as you have requested. 21 But as surely as I live, and as surely as the earth is filled with the LORD's glory, 22 not one of these people will ever enter that land. They have seen my glorious presence and the miraculous signs I performed both in Egypt and in the wilderness, but again and again they tested me by refusing to listen. 23 They will never even see the land I swore to give their ancestors. None of those who have treated me with contempt will enter it. 24 But my servant Caleb is different from the others. He has remained loyal to me, and I will bring him into the land he explored. His descendants will receive their full share of that land. 25 Now turn around and don't go on toward the land where the Amalekites and Canaanites live. Tomorrow you must set out for the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea. F51 " 26 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 27 "How long will this wicked nation complain about me? I have heard everything the Israelites have been saying. 28 Now tell them this: 'As surely as I live, I will do to you the very things I heard you say. I, the LORD, have spoken! 29 You will all die here in this wilderness! Because you complained against me, none of you who are twenty years old or older and were counted in the census 30 will enter the land I swore to give you. The only exceptions will be Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 "'You said your children would be taken captive. Well, I will bring them safely into the land, and they will enjoy what you have despised. 32 But as for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness. 33 And your children will be like shepherds, wandering in the wilderness forty years. In this way, they will pay for your faithlessness, until the last of you lies dead in the wilderness. 34 "'Because the men who explored the land were there for forty days, you must wander in the wilderness for forty years – a year for each day, suffering the consequences of your sins. You will discover what it is like to have me for an enemy.' 35 I, the LORD, have spoken! I will do these things to every member of the community who has conspired against me. They will all die here in this wilderness!"
36 Then the ten scouts who had incited the rebellion against the LORD by spreading discouraging reports about the land 37 were struck dead with a plague before the LORD. 38 Of the twelve who had explored the land, only Joshua and Caleb remained alive. 39 When Moses reported the LORD's words to the Israelites, there was much sorrow among the people. 40 So they got up early the next morning and set out for the hill country of Canaan. "Let's go," they said. "We realize that we have sinned, but now we are ready to enter the land the LORD has promised us." 41 But Moses said, "Why are you now disobeying the LORD's orders to return to the wilderness? It won't work. 42 Do not go into the land now. You will only be crushed by your enemies because the LORD is not with you. 43 When you face the Amalekites and Canaanites in battle, you will be slaughtered. The LORD will abandon you because you have abandoned the LORD." 44 But the people pushed ahead toward the hill country of Canaan, despite the fact that neither Moses nor the Ark of the LORD's covenant left the camp. 45 Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in those hills came down and attacked them and chased them as far as Hormah.
Have you ever felt this way? This is a way of thinking, our thinking is what opposes God’s plan, They had to silence their minds in order to go in to the place God wanted them to be in. I used to get angry at hearing people using the phrase, " Shut up", now I say it to my enemies, to my mind, that is trying so hard to talk me into working and even leading others to go against God’s plan. "Shut up!" How can we fear any other when we fear God? How can we focus our attentions on God’s enemies when we see God’s promises? We’ve got to see this place God has us to go into, in order to see it clearer we’ve got to go in. When we go in, we’ve got to tell our minds to "shut up" because there are gonna be things in there that are bigger than we are, but Nothing and No one is bigger than God is! "Who’s Your Daddy?" Do you really believe that? How can we believe any other? Believing any other means not believing God and faith in GOD is what pleases God and moves God’s blessings in. Rebelling against God is placing ourselves on the wrong side of the whole plan and sets us up for evil works and evil effects. We will go into the land, but will we be blessed? Will we overcome? It’s up to us? I say, Yes, when I say yes I put my life in a position for God to move and use me with His might and ability.
About curses, do we really think they all come from enemies? Or maybe curses just go upon God’s enemies? What if we rebel against God, does that make us children of God or enemies of God? There is life & death, there is blessing and curse, there is light and darkness, the two do not blend together at all, no blending with God. The world wants us to think we can have a blend, but that is their way, not god’s way and if we act as they do we are not acting or thinking as God does. Mistakes are made form listening to lies. It clearly states here that God forgives all forms of rebellion. Praise His name. I’ve been rebellious and have listened to lies, and he’s made provision for me to get back on the light side, the life side, the blessing side. There has to be consequence to sin or there would be no life or light. God lead me out of darkness home! Lead me to truth and life. Let my will come into alignment to Your plan. Let my will desire your plan. I can and will decide to follow after You!