FAITH CAPSULE: Disengage from the act of disregarding His word.

Numbers 14:1-35

Complaining is a sin before God.
Every sin prompts a consequence.
Sin calls for repentance to gain forgiveness.
Forgiveness will not erase consequences, but the repentant will gain the peace of God that surpasses all understanding.
Disengage from the act of disregarding His word. It is a sin to ignore the word of God.
Complaint is disregarding God to experience the painful consequence. 
A violation of God in the journey should avoid sin, which will provoke painful consequences.
Complaining became the character of the Israelites when on their journey to the promise of God.
Complaining was the cause of the multitude that joined them in their journey.
God did not call a multitude to join the Israelites on their journey to the promise of God.
Avoid the multitude. 
A multitude is a substantial number of people who have gathered together. 
A multitude of people can be of many characters. 
Israel was coming out of the bondage of over a hundred years in the company of the multitude.
The Bible records, “Then the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides children. A mixed multitude went up with them also, and flocks and herds—a great deal of livestock.” (Exodus 12:37-38)
The multitude was the root of sin, which caused the denial of arrival at the promise of God.
Numbers 11:4-6 records the negativity of the mixed multitude, “Now the mixed multitudes who were among them yielded to intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: ‘Who will give us meat to eat? We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!”(Numbers 11:4-6)
The mixed multitude among the Israelites was the source of intense craving for what they had in Egypt.
Are you focusing on the promises of God or on entertaining the multitude in your midst?
The multitude/crowd does not excuse Israel from becoming poisoned with negativity that God does not tolerate.
Remain focused.
The life journey demands attention to avoid the distraction of the multitude.
With the influence of the mixed multitude, the Israelites could not look away from the past and were not able to uphold their stand before God.
God hears all.
Know to gain focus; maintain focus; meditate on the promise of God to claim His promises. 
The promise of God does not fail except one fails to live by the word of God.
The character of the multitude is the root of complaints before God. 
God could not look over the complaint but responded, “As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just as you have spoken in My hearing so that I will do to you…”
Know to avoid multitude, maintain focus on God by giving regard to His word.

Prayer for today: Ask against the multitude not to have a place in your life.