FAITH CAPSULE: God is still carrying you through in all that represents wilderness in your life.

Deuteronomy 1:1-25
 
God alone saw you through many challenges. He has carried you where others are falling; He has seen you through where many are stranded; He has delivered you where many are destroyed. Yet for all that, you did not believe the Lord your God enough to serve Him with all your heart. Does this sound like you? Most times you think you believe, but you are an unbelieving believer. Despite all this, God is still carrying you through in all that represents wilderness in your life.
The children of Israel, having been carried by God, crumbled in the wilderness. When the children of Israel’s belief in God subsided, rebellion entered into them and they missed their Promised Land. It is written, “‘…and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’ Yet, for all that, you did not believe the LORD your God.” (Deuteronomy 1:31-32) Again, does this sound like you? God promised them a land that is ready made with milk and honey but the children of Israel wanted to spy and confirm that God knew what He was doing. As a result, the children of Israel went to Moses and requested to go and spy the land. Moses referred to the request of the children of Israel in Deuteronomy 1:22, “And every one of you came to me and said, ‘Let us send men before us, and let them search out the land for us and bring back word to us of the way by which we should go up, and of the cities into which we shall come.’” How can God be carrying you without your knowledge? If they have acknowledged that there was no need for any other way but God’s promise to get then through, there would have been no need for spying request. The children of Israel doubted God and could not hold onto God’s word to trust and hope in Him. They were at Kadesh Barnea, the last leg of their eleven-day journey. They failed to believe and they could not be established in their journey. If you are one that is in a long journey be rest assured that with God, you are almost through in your journey. Have you received the word of God in your journey? If you have received His word, do not lose focus; do not waver; do not get carried away and do not assume responsibility for how far you have come. Above all do not look back to avoid the loss of focus. By virtue of all that you have experienced, ignore all challenges that are flying in your direction at this point of your journey.
 
Prayer for today:Ask for God to deliver you from the spirit of rebellion.