We’ve come to the last chapter in Numbers. The last post in our study. What have we learned? What have we seen? Why was this all recorded? To create Legacy. [Tweet “God wants to create #legacy in our life!”] As we finish Numbers we revisit the daughters of Zelophehad. The people of the their tribe […]
Numbers: God Cares About Our Battle
We’re nearing the end of Numbers, and the people of Israel are nearing battle. The time has come. Israel has been wandering the desert for year upon year. They’ve learned hard lessons and watched as their parents died for their pride and rebellion. They’ve received teaching, instruction, and laws to guide them. It has been […]
Numbers: God Cares About Our Heritage
As I write this we are headed into the Advent season and Christmas is on the horizon, so as I read in this weeks chapters about various festivals the Israelites were required to celebrate the thing that stood out to me was that God was preserving heritage for His people. This desire for heritage is […]
Numbers: God Cares About Our Blessing
With how much Israel kept rebelling and complaining against God, you’d think He wouldn’t mind so much when a King hires a man to try to curse them. Yet even with all of Israel’s sin, He will not allow the man to speak anything but blessing over His people. But God said to Balaam, “Do […]
Numbers: God Cares About Our Humility
As we continue to read in Numbers we find the Israelites grumbling again, this time over a power struggle. There is so much pride in these people, where there should be humility. They united against Moses and Aaron and said, “You have gone too far! The whole community of Israel has been set apart by […]
Numbers: God Cares About Our Thanksgiving
The Israelites had a serious lack of something essential. They lacked thanksgiving. It’s something that becomes very obvious as you read about them groaning about this or that over and over again, and it can be easy to get a bit judgmental of them until I realize just how much I do the same thing. “We […]
Numbers: God Cares About Our Heart Attitude
So many regulations. So many rules. So many rituals. What is the point? What does this have to do with the heart? “When you arrive in your own land and go to war against your enemies who attack you, sound the alarm with the trumpets. Then the Lord your God will remember you and rescue […]
Numbers: God Cares About Your Purpose
Have you ever noticed how many names are recorded in the Bible? Some of the hardest parts to get through in this beautiful book will have chapter upon chapter of lists of names and numbers. Why is this all here? Now there are definite historical reasons for all of these lists. As an historical document […]