A different generation

Back in the days of camel skin and manna there were a group of people who were waiting for God to come good on his promise of making them a great nation with a land of their own. Moses was their leader and they left their life of captivity in Egypt in such a dramatic style it would impress even the most creative Hollywood stunt directors. We find them in the book of the Exodus storming away into the desert leaving the miracles of Egypt and Red sea behind them. Marching on toward Caanan – the promised land. They were gonna have to fight and take the land, but they wee sure because God was with them.

Somewhere in the desert, though, they lost the plot. They forgot their God who brought them up out of captivity and took every opportunity to doubt an question the goodness of the throne of God. After witnessing His mighty power and leading presence they still kept demanding more signs of His faithfulness. This rose as a stench to heaven and so none of them entered the promised land. A whole generation passed from the earth and did not take hold of what God had in store for them, the next generation was allowed to enter.

What a bunch of losers you may think. But I beg you to take a look at you and me and our churches today. God wants the church to take the land, to advance the kingdom of God, to claim precious lives and ground that the devil has in his possession right now. Most often however we are doubting our own or capabilities in the light of the strength of the enemy (Israel did that too). We find ourselves wondering if God is really good all because we face a little discomfort in life now (Israel did that too). We argue and question Godly authority above us and prefer a life of no accountability (Yes… Israel did that too). Are we headed in that way too? Will we too be a generation that passes from the earth without achieving what God would have for us? Will God use another generation to take the land or will we stand up and take our place in history as a generation that stood for God. Join me, let’s stand. Let’s throw off doubt, rise above the petty battles of the flesh and putting on spiritual armor let’s take our place in the ranks o the heavenly battle that God is waging.

God bless.

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