This reading had a lot of great inspiration. I think it's powerful how, as the children of Israel, are coming to the border of the promised land, Moses speaks to them, reminding them of all the ways that God has led in the past....
This passage really moved me: "Whither shall we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there." [Cried the Children of Israel as they saw the giants of the promised land!]
And this is how God responded: "Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee [some versions say, "Carried you in his arms"], as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God." (Deut. 1:28-32)
Oh how terribly tragic! And yet.... we make the same spiritual blunder time and time again in our own lives now. We can look back and see how God has led and how He has worked, how tender and compassionate He has been... but when it comes to today, when it comes to the giants before us, we are slow to believe and we are quick to doubt. "Maybe He worked before, but this trial is simply too big, it's too much..."
Despite our blunderings... when we confess our sins, when we confess our unbelief, He forgives. I love Psalm 32! It reminds us that He's forgiven our transgression. Our sins are covered. He is our hiding place and He surrounds us with songs of deliverance. And He promises to guide us with His eye! But the only way He can do that is we keep our eyes on Him. This is the key I believe, in not following the pathway of doubt... is to KEEP our GAZE on Jesus... and as we remember how He's led us in the past, we can have full confidence that He will continue to lead us in the future. What courage and hope this promise brings! Let's keep our eyes on Him!
Tomorrow's Reading: Deut. 2-3 and Acts 26
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