I was reading in Deuteronomy last night. In chapter 1 Moses is addressing the Israelites after they have been in the wilderness for the last 40 years. And in verse 6 He says this.
Deut.1:6 “The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying: ‘You have dwelt long enough at this mountain.
So God is saying you have stayed here long enough. It is time to go forward. God wants to take them somewhere. You can’t go forward if you are standing still or staying in one spot all the time. So God says lets go forward.
Verse 7 says, Turn and take your journey, and go to the mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain, in the mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates.
Turn or change direction, sometimes in life we have to make a decision to turn from the way we were going in order to get to where are going. God has us all on a journey, and we have to let Him guide us. Here He is guiding by His word and He also guides us by His Spirit.
And in verse 8 God says, See, I have set the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to them and their descendants after them.’
God says, “see” What is it that you see? The whole land was before them. God says go in and possess the land.
3 things God is saying. Get up, turn around, and see what I have set before you. It is yours if you will go in and get it.
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