“Wait patiently for the Lord. Be brave and courageous. Yes, wait patiently for the Lord” Psalm 27:14 I have had to wait for different things at different points in my life but perhaps my worst moment of waiting was when…
Month: June 2024
…I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!” Numbers 11:29 As we bring this first phase of our study in the book of numbers to a close, I want…
The Lord answered Moses, “Is the Lord’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.” Numbers 11:23 In the opening message of last month’s devotional, I shared the testimony of…
He asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? Numbers 11:5 In the last two days, we have…
We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. Numbers 11:5 Let’s face it, change is hard! When you get used to a difficult boss, you become worried when a leadership…
Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. Numbers…
But Moses said, “Please do not leave us. You know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can be our eyes. Numbers 10:31 One of the biggest decisions of my life was probably relocating my entire family from…
Then the Israelites set out from the Desert of Sinai and traveled from place to place until the cloud came to rest in the Desert of Paran. They set out, this first time, at the Lord’s command through Moses. Numbers…
The Lord said to Moses: “Make two trumpets of hammered silver, and use them for calling the community together and for having the camps set out. Numbers 10:1-2 During my National Youth Service in Enugu State Nigeria, I served as…
At the Lord’s command the Israelites set out, and at his command they encamped. As long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle, they remained in camp. Numbers 9:18 One of my favorite hymns is titled ‘All the way my…