“So tell them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord, I will do to you the very thing I heard you say: 29 In this wilderness your bodies will fall—every one of you twenty years old or more who was counted in the census and who has grumbled against me. 30 Not one of you will enter the land I swore with uplifted hand to make your home, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. 31 As for your children that you said would be taken as plunder, I will bring them in to enjoy the land you have rejected. 32 But as for you, your bodies will fall in this wilderness. 33 Your children will be shepherds here for forty years, suffering for your unfaithfulness, until the last of your bodies lies in the wilderness. 34 For forty years—one year for each of the forty days you explored the land—you will suffer for your sins and know what it is like to have me against you.’ 35 I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this whole wicked community, which has banded together against me. They will meet their end in this wilderness; here they will die.’” Numbers 14:28-35
“Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.” Numbers 14:38
Lord God Almighty,
This reminds us that You are God. There is judgement at Your throne. Not theoretical, not that doesn’t apply now but that still sees the complexity of the heart and mind of man. This generation that left Egypt constantly doubted You, complained and nothing was good enough. They always say You should have left them as slaves. One could say the spoke an endless self fulfilling prophecy that they would not make it. And they didn’t. But You in Your mercy kept Your promise to Abraham and led the next generation into the promise. Along with Caleb and Joshua. We can begin to see why Joshua becomes Moses right hand man.
Help us not to become unbelievers by our attitude. Not to get stuck in the rut of negativity and look back to what we think of as better days. Help us to see that today is the day to seek Your Kingdom, God and all Your blessings (Matthew 6:33). Help us in all our ways to acknowledge You as God and Lord, so You can direct our paths (Proverbs 3:6). And worship not whine and complain (Philippians 2:14).
At Your throne there is judgement. But Jesus took our punishment. Keep us in Your love through Your Your Son. Walking the right way, willingly, not dragging our feet or whining.
In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
Of the men who went to explore the land, only Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh survived.
Worship Friday 7th March 2025
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching in the light of God.
We are marching, marching, marching,
O, we are marching in the light of God.
We are marching, marching, marching,
O, we are marching in the light of God.
2. We are living in the love of God…
3. We are moving in the power of God…
Lyrics: Original Xhosa Text and melody, South Africa.