- Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and look at it with your eyes, for you shall not go over this Jordan. But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land that you shall see. Deuteronomy 3:27-28 – Take in this moment for Moses. For the last 40 years you have been giving your everything to lead a people to their blessing that has mostly just caused them to accuse you of leading them to their death. You finally arrive at the border of the blessing, yet instead of stepping into it, God has a different plan. He leads you up a mountain so you can look over the land of blessing, but says you can enter it. Instead encourage someone else to take your place to lead the people into the blessing while you remain outside of it. Now we know this was because of Moses’ sinful actions in is past, but regardless that would be a difficult moment and message to take in. Seeing the blessing, but instead of stepping into it you give it to someone else. Sometimes God’s plan for our story is to allow the blessing we’ve been praying for to go to someone else. We step back so they can get the promotion. We be the wingman so they can get the date. We sacrifice so they can step into the blessing. If this set up doesn’t seem fair, remember if we lean into it we only begin to live more like Jesus . To follow the Father’s will Jesus willing stepped into sacrifice so we could have the blessing. He took the death so we could have the life. If then the Lord’s plan for your story is a seeing the blessing from afar while supporting someone else to step into it instead of you, trust His plan is right and is one He too is familiar with. Have confidence that if the Lord’s plan is not yet for step, He will bless that faithfulness of following His difficult lead. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3442
- And I commanded Joshua at that time, ‘Your eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings. So will the Lord do to all the kingdoms into which you are crossing.’ Deuteronomy 3:21 – Moses was speaking into Joshua’s life reminding him of what he had seen God do and how God was to take care of him in his future journey of leading the people. Let’s be sure we are doing the same with our brothers and sisters. Let’s speak encouragement and hope into their story as they are leaning into their calling. Let’s be reminding them of what God has done and how He can provide for their very need. Enough things will be instilling doubt, fear, and worry into their mind, let’s be the opposite. Be thinking then today how can you be like Moses here and remind your brothers and sisters of how good God is and what He can do. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1298
- Deuteronomy 3 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO And I pleaded with the Lord at that time, saying, 24 ‘O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours? 25 Please let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.’ Deuteronomy 3:23-25 – Moses is speaking of a time when he had a conversation with the Lord about his admittance into the Promise Land. Through previous actions of unfaithfulness on Moses’ part, Moses wasn’t allowed to step foot into the land beyond the Jordan, but was just able to lead the people there. Moses has been speaking about some amazing feats of the Lord in these last few chapters and he longed to see more. Moses understood something special about the working of the Lord, even the greatest of victories and blessings Moses had seen up to that point was only a small fraction of what God was capable of doing. God was able to do far more and was going to be doing far more in the lives of His people, and Moses wanted to see it with his own eyes. For Moses, he would have to miss out on seeing such things, but that doesn’t have to be your story. God isn’t holding you back from any of His promise. All that is His is available to you and all of Him is available for you to pursue. If you want to see God in His greatness and goodness, you can, you just have to make the choice today to follow Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2428
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