GHG SHORT DEVOTIONALS - 16 (BELIEVE IN GOD'S PROMISES)

Then the Lord said to Moses: "How long will these people reject Me? And how long will they not believe Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them? - Numbers 14:11 

When the people of Israel heard that the people who were in Canaan were like giants they were afraid and wept badly. They believed the false reports gave by few men who went to spy the land. They felt that it would be better if they go back to Egypt.

1.   You might be going through wilderness and you might feel like God’s promises were so far from getting fulfilled. Don’t get discouraged by looking at the situations and problems that are prevailing around you. Believe what God has said to you and look at the ways that God has led you beautifully in the past. God who brought you out of slavery will carry you to the Promised Land.

2.   Sometimes you may face wilderness between your past and the God’s promise that is ahead of you. But then God can change the wilderness a pool of water and the dry land springs of water. He will do that in your life too. The situations and troubles that you are facing today will definitely change.

What you should do to receive God’s blessings?

“because all these men who have seen My glory and the signs which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have put Me to the test now these ten times, and have not heeded My voice" - Numbers 14:22

God place a threshold on that day before the people of Israel. He says whoever tested Him more than ten times will not enter the Promised Land. What a sad situation! May be someone would have tested God just more than once than the threshold that God has placed before them but then even they would not have entered the promised land.

3.   Sometimes we lose our faith upon God and His promises. But then remember that we should not test our God. During the time of tribulations and trials, do not speak anything against God.

4.   God has a threshold and we never knew what is the threshold that God has for us. You can’t continue to dwell in sin for longer saying God’s grace will last longer in your life. If you are away from God, return to Him immediately. Because God wants to use you mightily for His glory.