Moses was coming to the end of his leadership. They had reached the Promised Land, and because of Moses’ disobedience he would not be allowed to enter. The second half of Numbers 27 marks the beginning of the transfer of Moses’ leadership to someone else. God told Moses to take Joshua because he was already empowered by the Holy Spirit, and lay his hand on him.<\/p>\n
God instructed Moses to publicly place his hands on Joshua to signify the transfer of his leadership to Joshua. Before this, the laying on of hands had signified a transfer of the people’s sin to a sacrifice. Moses and Joshua mark the first time God commanded it to convey a transfer of spiritual service. In the New Testament when deacons were chosen in Acts 6:6, they were presented to the apostles, who prayed and laid hands on them.\u00a0The idea both in the Old and New Testament is the same; the Holy Spirit was at work in these men and the laying on of human hands simply pointed to the fact that God’s hand was already on them.<\/p>\n
This is an important concept for us to grasp. Peter tells us to surrender to God’s hand. “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time” (1 Peter 5:6). The Greek word here for humble<\/em> means to have an attitude of<\/em> lowly mindedness<\/em>. We need to adopt a “serving is not beneath us” attitude. Peter is saying we should submit to God\u2019s will even when we don\u2019t understand it. We might have questions about God and what He’s doing, but Peter says, “Don\u2019t worry, go ahead and submit to Him anyway, and eventually it will all make sense. In the mean time, cast all your anxieties on Him.” Peter says to submit “under the mighty hand” because he understands that God exalts the humble as well as casts down the proud; therefore, humble yourselves that “He may exalt you.” Finally it says, “in due time,” meaning in God’s time, not ours. Joshua served God by faithfully serving Moses in small things for many years, and then in due time, he was ready to serve the Lord in big things. It isn’t the bigness or smallness of our duties that is important, but the submitted attitude of our hearts.<\/p>\n “LORD, we surrender anew to You this day, in Jesus’ name.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n =============================================================<\/p>\n\n\n\n Numbers 27 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1<\/sup>\u00a0Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these\u00a0are\u00a0<\/em>the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation,\u00a0by\u00a0<\/em>the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the\u00a0LORD\u00a0in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons.\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us\u00a0therefore\u00a0<\/em>a possession among the brethren of our father.\u00a0\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0And Moses brought their cause before the\u00a0LORD. 6<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0spake unto Moses, saying,\u00a07<\/sup>\u00a0The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father\u2019s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.\u00a08<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.\u00a09<\/sup>\u00a0And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10<\/sup>\u00a0And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father\u2019s brethren.\u00a011<\/sup>And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the\u00a0LORD\u00a0commanded Moses. 12<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.\u00a013<\/sup>\u00a0And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered.\u00a014<\/sup>For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. 15<\/sup>\u00a0And Moses spake unto the\u00a0LORD, saying,\u00a016<\/sup>\u00a0Let the\u00a0LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation,\u00a017<\/sup>\u00a0Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the\u00a0LORD\u00a0be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.\u00a020<\/sup>\u00a0And thou shalt put\u00a0some\u00a0<\/em>of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.\u00a021<\/sup>\u00a0And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask\u00a0counsel\u00a0<\/em>for him after the judgment of Urim before the\u00a0LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in,\u00a0both\u00a0<\/em>he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.\u00a022<\/sup>\u00a0And Moses did as the\u00a0LORDcommanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:\u00a023<\/sup>\u00a0And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the\u00a0LORD\u00a0commanded by the hand of Moses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Moses was coming to the end of his leadership. 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