FAITH CAPSULE: Fear and doubt are agents of rebellious act.

Numbers 14

“So the LORD’s anger was aroused against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that done evil in the sight of the LORD was gone.” (Numbers 32:13) Fear and doubt are agents of rebellious act. To be rebellious does nothing good but leads man to wander and die where there is life. Thank God for the blood that was shed on the Calvary. If not the blood of Jesus, many of us would probably have been gone before birth. God was displeased with the children of Israel that saw the wondrous act of His outstretch hand which brought them out of the bondage of over four hundred years. Above all, they saw how the Red Sea gave way for a passage on a dry land. Despite all the manifestation of God’s hand which they saw, they could not see their Promised Land but died wandering in the wilderness. The bible says it is impossible to please God without faith (Hebrew 11:6) God was displeased for lack of faith and trust in Him. The children of Israel entered into fear and then complaint became their make-up when they failed to see the land as promised by God. As a result the Lord declared, “They shall not see the land of which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who rejected Me see it.”(Numbers 14:23) An act of complaint is what gives ground to rebellious act. The children of Israel saw it all and it was for them to see it through but they faltered because they lack faith. The same fear, doubt and complain that got the children of Israel stranded is still denying blessings of God wherever there is lack of faith. The same deceiver has not changed and he is still in operation and his mission is to steal, kill, and destroy. Indeed, he stole what was in place for the children of Israel (Promised Land), he got them killed, and generations were destroyed. The act of rebellion is evil before God. Before the deceiver killed and destroyed, he caused their wandering when they should have been moving forward. The children of Israel wandered for forty years until all generations that did evil in the sight of the Lord died. Do you have a feeling or sense that you are wandering where you suppose to be a wonder to your world? Are you moving forward or are you stagnant in your journey of life? Thank God for the blood that was shed on the Calvary.
Prayer for today: Ask the Lord to draw you near if you have consciously or unconsciously withdrawn from Him. He is a merciful God and He will answer because the Blood of Jesus Christ is in place for salvation. Avoid wandering, move forward and enter into the promises of God for your life.