FAITH CAPSULE: A failure not to let the past be past is the evidence of not trusting God for His word.

Exodus 2, Numbers 32:8-15
 
Most times, it is how we call on God that will determine the response of God to our calling on Him. The children of Israel could not be quiet but cry out to God in the face of their challenge. Despite the promise of God to their forefathers, when they could no longer remain in pain, they cried out. It is written, “Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.” (Exodus 2:23-25) The goodness and mercy of God was stirred when the cry of the children of Israel reached God’s ears. The word stated in Exodus 3:7, “And the LORD said: ‘I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.’” God did not plan to have them stranded in the wilderness when He delivered them out of over four hundred years of bondage. God’s plan was to lead them out of bondage through the hand of Moses to a better land, a land that flows with milk and honey. God brought them out, but they would not leave Egypt behind. They would not follow God fully; they failed to let go of the life they lived in Egypt. When God delivers you from your past, let the past be past. A failure not to let the past be past is the evidence of not trusting God for His word. The Israelites could not let go and God responded in Numbers 32:11-12, “Surely, none of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and above, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.” Know God in whom you believe and it will be the strength to stand on your personal conviction and not others confession. Though a multitude may stand in wrongful agreement, and you are the only one in dissent, know that you are not alone in righteousness. It is worthy to know and stand on the word of God for direction and not compromise one’s faith. Ignore the dictates of your heart and you will not be surprised that you are the only one standing on His ground.

Prayer for today: Ask God to enable you in taking a rightful stand when the situation demands it.