- Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat! 5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.6 But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.” Numbers 11:4-6 – To say that the Israelites had rose colored glasses on is an understatement. Notice how they spoke of their time in Egypt. We had free fish to eat and we had all the juicy vegetables we could desire. Egypt was so much better than today for all we have is this manna from Heaven to look at. Yet zoom out and take a snapshot of their actual story. Centuries of harsh slavery in Egypt was just ended in their day and God was leading to a new home to call their very own. Everyday God’s provision came with manna, a food that came with the morning dew that was sweet and took care of all their nutritional needs. Yet this wasn’t enough for them, they’d rather remember the highlights of slavery than enjoy the current provision of the Lord. Here we can see something that truly displeases the heart of God, when we dismiss the provision He is offering to us currently to dwell on our past life apart from Him. While yes, there may have been some high times in our pre-Jesus life, let’s remember as well the intense brokenness and lostness we were in during those times too. God didn’t save us from blessing to bring us into brokenness, it’s the other way around. Choose to cherish the ways God is providing for you today and don’t dwell on the “glory days” of your pre-Jesus life. If God saved you from it, then you weren’t supposed to have it in your story. Praise the Lord instead we have what we have now and not what we had then. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3361
- But Moses said, “The people among whom I am number six hundred thousand on foot, and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!’ Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, and be enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and be enough for them?” And the Lord said to Moses, “Is the Lord ‘s hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.” Numbers 11:21-23 – Did God ever say He was going to have to use what the people had already to provide for them? No, yet that’s where Moses’ mind went to first. That in order to provide God would have to be limited to what was already in their story. God though isn’t limited that way, so let’s not limit Him that way. Let’s not shorten the hand of God in our mind thinking His help in our story is limited to the resources we can see and understand. Rather if God says He’ll come through, trust He’ll do it. You don’t have to know how or understand it, just trust He’s good to His word. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1427
- Numbers 11 – Pastor Mac Daily DEVO But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!” Numbers 11:29 – What’s the set up for this verse? Moses reached out to the Lord for help because the burden of caring for the people was too much for him to do alone. God commanded Moses to select seventy men to be elders in the camp to help him care well for and lead the people. In the establishment of these men as elders the Spirit that was upon Moses rested on these men as well and the result was them prophesying for a time. Joshua, seeing this and not fully understanding what was happening, tells Moses to put a stop to this and our verse is Moses’ response. What I love so deeply from this passage is we now exist in what Moses dreamed for. That all people would have access to the Spirit of the Lord. Because of Jesus and His sacrifice, all the world has access to having the Spirit of the Lord rest upon them and within them. The Spirit who empowers us for service, who produces the fruit we read about in Galatians 5, the Spirit who secures us in the family of God, this Spirit we all have free access to due to Jesus. How then are you using the Spirit within you today? Are you resting on the strength and peace He gives or are you finding it somewhere else? Are you allowing the Holy Spirit’s voice in your life lead or are you allowing your voice to direct your steps? We have been blessed with the Spirit of God in our life, the blessing Moses dreamt would be in all people’s life. Let’s make sure we are using the blessing God has given us of His Spirit. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2292
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