SETTLE FOR BEST
Numbers 32

 When focus is centered on blessings at hand then there will be a lost of focus on the One who blesses. To lose focus on the One who blesses will deny a man from getting the fullness of his blessings. God promised to get the children of Israel to an land that flows with milk and honey, but some of the tribes choose to settle for a land that only flowed with milk and no honey. Numbers 32:1, “Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock.” It is clear that any land that is good for livestock will be a land where milk flows. This is what the children of Ruben and the children of Gad saw and they decided to settle themselves where God did not settle them to be. Is there any way that you have been settling yourself on a ground where God did not call for you to settle? Have you been accepting below what God has put in place for you? There is nothing like operating on the fullness of the word of God. Regardless of how glittering the situation might be, the Lord will always have the best for His children in all of His direction. The moment the land was defeated, convenience of having their livestock remain in the land of livestock robbed off the fullness of blessing that was awaiting them across the border. The children of Reuben and Gad went to Moses, Eleazer the Priest and to the leaders of the congregation to state their course about the land that was good for livestock. “Therefore they said, ‘If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.’” (Numbers 32:5) Do you know where God is taking you? If there has been any revelation from God for your life, take it and run with it and in your running do not slow down; do not wait or you will waste. Can a creature know better than the Creator? God is always has the best and you should always settle for God’s best and not your best. The children of Reuben and the children of Gad made up their mind to settle for less when they came up to Moses with all the reasons and excuses for them to be left behind and not cross over just has God had promised. It is a lack of trust and confidence to think that there is a better plan than what the Lord has for us. The whole situation of the children of Reuben and Gad comes down as lack of trust in getting a better land across the river. Isaiah 57:13, “…But he who puts his trust in Me shall possess the land and shall inherit My holy mountain.” Trust in the Lord and you will not settle for less.