FAITH CAPSULE: Self-convenience in the place of commitment to God’s word will not claim God’s promise.
Numbers 32
In the journey of life, a lack of commitment to God’s word will deny one’s arrival and not claim the promise of God. One with a commitment to the word of God is giving self to walk before God without ceasing. With a commitment to the living word of God is taking the unfailing route in the journey of life.
Claiming to be a believer without commitment to the word of God is having a religion with no relationship with God.
Does that sound like you?
Are you committed to God’s word with an understanding of seeking God diligently?
What does it mean to seek God diligently?
One that seeks God diligently will walk, sit and stand in the word of God with commitment to the word of God to claim the blessings as the Bible records, “Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law, he meditates day and night.” (Psalm 1:1-2)
In the journey of life, are you obedient to God’s word?
The Israelites in their journey of life to God’s promise, they were disobedient, the evidence of lack of commitment to God’s word.
Among the Israelites, the children of Gad and the children of Reuben wanted to settle for the East side of Jordan against God’s word for them to cross the Jordan to established into God’s plan.
The choice of disobedient to God’s word by the children of Gad and children of Reuben was self-convenience with no commitment to God’s word.
Numbers 32:1-7 documents the disobedient of the children of Gad the children of Reuben, “Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of livestock; and when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that indeed the region was a place for livestock, the children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, “Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, and Beon, the country which the LORD defeated before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock.” Therefore, they said, “If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan.” And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben: “Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here? Now, why will you discourage the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them?”
God promised the land that flows with milk and honey, but the children of Gad and children of Reuben could not commit to God’s promise.
In the journey of life, replacing commitment to God’s word with self-convenience will not arrive at God’s promise.
Prayer for today: Ask God for you to be committed to His word.