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God directed the Israelites to destroy the Midianites for
following Baalam’s advice and letting their women seduce the Israelite men. However, the army commanders ordered the
soldiers to kill all of the men. The women
who’d done the seducing were taken
as prisoners who could easily seduce the men of Israel again! Moses told them to
finish the job. The problem wasn’t going
to go away. The problem needed to be dealt with.
Two tribes and half of another tribe were willing to settle
for the land of the Midianites rather than wait for the Promised Land. Moses chastised them for wanting to quit
early. They promised that if they could
just rebuild the destroyed towns and create sheep pens, they’d leave their
families and cross over the Jordan with the other Israelites to help secure the
land before returning to their families.
They hadn’t even seen the
Promised Land and they were willing to give it up, fight for it for others, and
then be satisfied with less than God had planned
for them! In His love, God amazingly
said, “Okay.”
He still does the same for us. I imagine that His heart breaks when we choose “less
than His best” for ourselves, like a child spending $100 on a huge pile of
trinkets rather than purchasing something nice.
Father, help me to seek out Your best and to not be satisfied with less. I want my boys to seek that, too. Place a hunger in their hearts for what You
have waiting for them, and help them to say no to anything less!
Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford
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