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Numbers 20:7-13

Moses, a giant in the hand of God, a man of great exploit by virtue of GodÕs calling, missed the promise land on the account of the children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel. To man, Moses did all that was enough to get him through to the promise land. To God, he missed it on the account of the children of Israel. When the children of Israel began to thirst in the course of their journey through the wilderness, God commanded Moses to speak to the rock. Moses, however, struck the rock with his rod. MosesÕ action was regarded as an act of not believing God. Numbers 20:12, ÒThen the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, ÒBecause you did not believe Me, to hallow Me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them.Ó Moses was reacting to the rebellious way of water demand by the children of Israel; he was trying to play God instead of placing GodÕs command before the children of Israel. He continued to ask God for mercy that would let him get to the promise land but all was in vain when he asked in Deuteronomy 3:26, ÒBut the LORD was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me. So the LORD said to me: ÔEnough of that! Speak no more to Me of this matter.Ó Moses did not miss out on his own account but on the account of the children of Israel. On whose account are you going to miss your expected end? Is it going to be on the account of your husband, wife, children, friend, or family member? It is not worth it to miss the expected end on anyoneÕs account. Also, it is not GodÕs design for you to miss on anyoneÕs account. Take a serious note that, if Moses could miss it, no one is free from temptation. Ask God for enablement that will keep you from being terminated based on anyoneÕs account.