Whenever the Israelites set out, God ordered Moses to keep a journal of all their experiences along the way. We are told in the New Testament:<\/p>\n
Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall (1 Cor. 10:11\u201312).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The old parental adage goes \u201clearn from my mistakes,\u201d and that is what Paul is talking about in 1 Corinthians. If we are smart, we will learn from Israel’s mistakes. The believers in Corinth were taking all sorts of liberties, like feasting in pagan temples. They thought they were safe<\/em> because of their relationship with God. Paul wanted to shake their misuse of grace from them, and us.<\/p>\n
It makes no difference who you are, how long you’ve known the Lord, or how much you have already successfully experienced by walking with Him; you could fall today. Don’t ever become smug in your firm stand for Christ. Foster self-distrust in your life and don’t presume on the grace of God. Many believers follow the example of Moses and keep a daily prayer journal of everything they\u2019ve prayed for and the answers to those prayers. It gives them a way to be constantly reminded of God\u2019s blessings and the personal wildernesses He\u2019s brought them through.<\/p>\n
When we begin to feel we are responsible for God\u2019s blessings on our lives or the sweetness of our fellowship with Him, then our standing becomes shaky. But if we come daily to the feet of Jesus, and remember that it\u2019s only by His shed blood we are saved and by His righteous right hand that we remain upright, then our feet remain firm because He<\/em> is our foundation.<\/p>\n
“LORD, You are faithful to us every day, every time we set out on a new day. Keep us in the center of Your will this day we pray.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n
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Numbers 33 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1<\/sup>\u00a0These\u00a0are\u00a0<\/em>the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron.\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the\u00a0LORD: and these\u00a0are\u00a0<\/em>their journeys according to their goings out.\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0For the Egyptians buried all\u00a0their\u00a0<\/em>firstborn, which the\u00a0LORD\u00a0had smitten among them: upon their gods also the\u00a0LORD\u00a0executed judgments.\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth.\u00a06<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>in the edge of the wilderness.\u00a07<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, which\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>before Baal-zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.\u00a08<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from before Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days\u2019 journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah.\u00a09<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim\u00a0were<\/em> twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there.\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.\u00a011<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.\u00a012<\/sup>\u00a0And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.\u00a013<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink.\u00a015<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.\u00a016<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth-hattaavah.\u00a0\u00a017<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.\u00a018<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez.\u00a020<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Rimmon-parez, and pitched in Libnah.\u00a021<\/sup>And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.\u00a022<\/sup>\u00a0And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.\u00a023<\/sup>\u00a0And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.\u00a024<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.\u00a025<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.\u00a026<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.\u00a027<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah.\u00a028<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.\u00a029<\/sup>\u00a0And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah.\u00a030<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth.\u00a031<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan.\u00a032<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Bene-jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad.\u00a033<\/sup>\u00a0And they went from Hor-hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.\u00a034<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.\u00a035<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber.\u00a036<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Ezion-gaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>Kadesh.\u00a037<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom.\u00a038<\/sup>And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the\u00a0LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first\u00a0day\u00a0<\/em>of the fifth month.\u00a039<\/sup>\u00a0And Aaron\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor.\u00a040<\/sup>\u00a0And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.\u00a041<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.\u00a042<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon.\u00a043<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.\u00a044<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the border of Moab.\u00a0\u00a045<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibon-gad.\u00a046<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Dibon-gad, and encamped in Almon-diblathaim.\u00a047<\/sup>\u00a0And they removed from Almon-diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.\u00a048<\/sup>\u00a0And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan\u00a0near\u00a0<\/em>Jericho.\u00a049<\/sup>\u00a0And they pitched by Jordan, from Beth-jesimoth\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>unto Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. 50<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan\u00a0near\u00a0<\/em>Jericho, saying,\u00a051<\/sup>\u00a0Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan;\u00a052<\/sup>\u00a0Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places:\u00a053<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall dispossess\u00a0the inhabitants\u00a0<\/em>of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it.\u00a054<\/sup>\u00a0And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families:\u00a0and\u00a0<\/em>to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man\u2019s\u00a0inheritance\u00a0<\/em>shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a055<\/sup>\u00a0But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them\u00a0shall be\u00a0<\/em>pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.\u00a056<\/sup>\u00a0Moreover it shall come to pass,\u00a0that\u00a0<\/em>I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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