JUST BECAUSE OF…
Numbers 12

Life is a journey and every individual needs no additional burden from any one. In every individual’s journey, there are always unwanted or unexpected burdens that could add up and cause challenges. At times when challenges such as stagnation, mockery, rejection come to place in the life of an individual, the source is either known or unknown. In the book of Genesis, it was mentioned how Adam and Eve’s disobedience caused every man and woman’s generational curse. Genesis 2:16-17, “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”  Death was not in the plan of God for man but Adam and Eve provoked God with their act of disobedience and death came to place for all man. The situation of Adam and Eve can be understood but might not be accepted. However, it can be worse when one man’s act of disobedience leads to stagnation in the life of thousands of people. Just as it happened in the days of Adam and Eve it continues to be happening in different areas of individual’s lives because all that has been in the beginning is still in the present. Is there any area of stagnation in your life that you possibly cannot pinpoint the source of the stagnation? Consider this, during the days of Moses, “Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2 So they said, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?” And the LORD heard it…” (Numbers 12:1-3)The dissension of Aaron and Miriam was a blow to the whole population of the children of Israel. It caused them delay and stagnation on the course of their journey when, “Miriam was shut out of the camp seven days, and the people did not journey till Miriam was brought in again. 16 And afterward the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the Wilderness of Paran.” Just because of Miriam the whole entourage suffered stagnation. Miriam’s situation is not an unlikely incident in the present day. Are you experiencing any kind of stagnation in any area of life with no idea of its source?  There is no door which prayer cannot open. For Miriam’s case, the Bible says, “…Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, “Please heal her, O God, I pray!” (Numbers 12:13) Undoubtedly, the prayer of Moses changed the situation from stagnation into motion.

Prayer for the day: O Lord my God, I ask for your deliverance, let every situation of stagnation be converted into motion. Place me in the center of my divine assignment for your kingdom’s glory. In Jesus name, Amen