KINGDOM PREPARATION DAY THIRTY TWO: Scripture Reading: Numbers 14:13-25Focus Verse: Numbers 14:13 The Prayer of MosesFor the sake of the integrity of God’s reputation, Moses ignored God’s offer to give him a new people and, once again, asked God to forgive and spare the ones that he already had. He argued that God’s enemies would hear of His killing the people and say that “The LORD was not able to bring these people to the land which He swore to give them, therefore He killed them in the wilderness” (verse 16). The opinion that Moses had of God was the he was “longsuffering and abundant in mercy” and known for “forgiving iniquity and transgression” (verse 18). He asked God to “pardon the iniquity of (the) people…according to the greatness of His mercy…just as (He) had forgiven (them) from Egypt even until now” (verse 19). God reminded Moses that the people had put Him “to the test” 10 times by not “heeding” His voice (verse 22). The number 10 probably does not represent an actual number of times that the people had disobeyed God. Since the number 1o is a number associated with “totality” throughout the Bible, it was probably used to say that God considered these people to be “totally” disobedient to Him. He viewed their rejection of His will as a rejection of Him and decided to disallow them from entering the land of Canaan and stated that only those who had faithfully trusted Him and His Word would actually receive the promise of the land.Prayer Emphasis: • Choose to be numbered among the Calebs and not the complainers by your willingness to follow God “fully” (verse 24)! Remind yourself daily that Kingdom Preparation requires that we trust and obey God and His Word completely.
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