Posts with the tag “week-10”

Numbers 34-36.  “God’s View” Envision the most analytical person you know (it may be you—it’s not me).  Everything has a place and everything is in its place.  Everything is planned out and scheduled right down to the minute.The chapters today remind us that God had things extremely planned out.  God was meticulously concerned with and involved in the distribution of the Promised Land.  God had sp...  Read More

Numbers 32-33.  “God and Me” Until recently, my parents and my wife’s parents lived in the same homes we grew up in.  My children will not be able to say the same thing.  We have moved several times, but nothing compared to the list in chapter 33.  The Israelites wandered in the wilderness from place to place to place.  From verses 5-49 a variety of locations are listed.  Yet, what caught my eye m...  Read More

Numbers 30-31.  “Pinky Swear” Do you ever remember a day when your childhood friends made you cross your heart, and then make sure your fingers weren’t crossed, and then they would finally believe your words were true?Some grown-ups apparently need the same prodding.  Jesus condemned the Pharisees of declaring their pledge wasn’t good if they swore by the Temple and not by the gold in the Temple, ...  Read More

Numbers 27-29.  “Grandma’s Fudge” Try to recall one of your favorite aromas.  It has to be a smell that was more than just sweet, but also comforting.  For me it’s Grandma’s fudge.Grandma made the best fudge, which we would drizzle on our vanilla ice cream (actually I would make every attempt to drown my ice cream in her fudge).  When my brothers, sister, and I would smell Grandma’s fudge on the s...  Read More

Numbers 25-26.  “Counted with Whom” Perhaps it’s a baseball cap, sweatshirt, bumper sticker, or something else we utilize that gives evidence to the fact that we are identified with the winning team.  We love to be part of the winning team.If you can only be counted with one group which one will it be?  Therein lies the conundrum.  Human nature, being what it is, generally would prefer to be count...  Read More

Numbers 22-24.  “Your Treasure Is Where Your Heart Is” In today’s passage Balaam looks pretty good on the outside.  However, we are reminded that “the heart reflects the person” (Prov. 27:19).  As we continue reading Scripture, we find that Balaam’s heart was far from right.  Balaam was guilty of leading others astray (2 Pet. 2:14-15), and willing to do anything for money (Jude 11), and responsibl...  Read More

This week we wrap up the book of Numbers.  For each of these seven days you will be reminded of God’s Perspective.  God’s perspective has to do with His purpose, His plans, His discernment, His assessment, and the like.          We are often guilty of letting our human reasoning try to evaluate God’s decisions.  As we read the next few days of God’s detailed plans for Israel, His purpose in discipline, and His motives for rules, we will come to understand the futility in trying to outguess God.  Instead, we should take great pleasure in our God who has a perfect perspective.  Read More

This week we wrap up the book of Numbers.  For each of these seven days you will be reminded of God’s Perspective.  God’s perspective has to do with His purpose, His plans, His discernment, His assessment, and the like.We are often guilty of letting our human reasoning try to evaluate God’s decisions.  As we read the next few days of God’s detailed plans for Israel, His purpose in discipline, and ...  Read More