TIME TO MOVE
Deuteronomy 1:1-19

God had a plan for the children of Israel when He took them out of the bondage of over four hundred years. God was taking them to the Promised Land while they were taking their time away from getting to the Promised Land. In Horeb, they dwelt longer than they should have. Dwelling in Horeb took away from moving forward in direction of the promise, plan and purpose of God. As a result of dwelling when they were suppose to be moving in the direction of God’s plan, God spoke to them concerning their stagnation. Deuteronomy 1:6, “The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: ‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.’” Are you experiencing any stagnation in the journey that is before you? As a believer you know that the hand of God has come into place to move you forward, but you are just like the children of Israel at Horeb. What is causing you not to move forward? Have you been staying so long that you do not recognize the fact that you are not moving forward? When Terah, the father of Abram, left the land of Ur, it was with the desire to go to Canaan. Upon his arrival at Haran, he dwelt so long that he never made it to Canaan. (Genesis 11:31-32) Are you on any journey whereby your stopover area has become a dwelling place? The God who called you out of bondage did not design your stopover area to become your dwelling place. God said to the children of Israel in Deuteronomy 1:7-8, “Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates. See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to them and their descendants after them.” God told them to turn and take their journey which they had left behind. He also asked them to see what was in place for them. Faith demands that you turn while trusting in God for the move of His hand concerning your stagnation. Faith also demands that you see the promise of God when it is yet to be unfolded. Ask God for the grace to be able to turn and to see based on your faith in Him. Today, take the Word that moved the children of Israel and let it move you forward.

Prayer for today: O Lord my God, I ask for Your Word that moves the unmovable to sound in my direction. Let it move me in direction of Your divine location for my life.