{"id":5830,"date":"2026-05-22T00:01:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/?p=5830"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T23:28:28","slug":"deuteronomy-323-25-then-i-pleaded-with-the-lord-at-that-time-saying-o-lord-god-you-have-begun-to-show-your-servant-your-greatness-and-your-mighty-hand-for-what-god-is-there-in-heaven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packinghouseredlands.org\/devotional\/?p=5830","title":{"rendered":"Deuteronomy 3:23\u201325: “Then I pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying: ‘O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds? I pray, let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, those pleasant mountains, and Lebanon.'”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This chapter gives interesting insight into private prayers to God for very personal requests. Notice that Moses frankly tells us that he “pleaded with the Lord,” but God still said no. Moses was called a friend of God. He was even given a privileged look at God’s physical manifestation after God walked by him on Mount Sinai. But even that special, close relationship with God did not guarantee that Moses got whatever he asked for. And in this instance, Moses clearly asked God for something he didn\u2019t get. So we should not be surprised or discouraged when sometimes God says no<\/em> to our request.<\/p>\n

Moses wasn\u2019t allowed into the land because he had disobeyed God (Numbers 20:1\u201313). A careful reading shows us that Moses was actually praying against what God had already told Moses He was going to do. But this wasn’t quite the end of the story. In the New Testament we see an amazing example of God\u2019s grace being extended 1400 years later, as God finally allowed Moses into the Promised Land when he stood with Jesus and Elijah on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1\u201313). We also see in this a brief glimpse of our ongoing relationship with our Creator.<\/p>\n

God still cared about Moses\u2019 desperate desire long, long after Moses had already gone to be with Him.\u00a0We can’t help but think of some of the desires of our own hearts that God has not said yes to. Perhaps this example of Moses means that some of them might still be answered long after we have gone to be with the Lord. This is a mind-bending idea that may require more thoughtful consideration in the years to come. But one thing we can be certain of is that God cares for us. \u00a0God never says no just to disappoint or frustrate us. If He has said no<\/em>, you can rest and feel safe in that no, and if He has said not yet<\/em> or been silent, then you never know what\u2019s ahead, just keep praying.<\/p>\n

“LORD, we trust Your answers; have your way in our lives this day.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Deuteronomy 3 KJV<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>\u00a0Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei.\u00a02<\/sup>\u00a0And the\u00a0LORD\u00a0said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon.\u00a03<\/sup>\u00a0So the\u00a0LORD\u00a0our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.\u00a04<\/sup>\u00a0And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.\u00a05<\/sup>\u00a0All these cities\u00a0were\u00a0<\/em>fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many.\u00a06<\/sup>\u00a0And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city.\u00a07<\/sup>But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves.\u00a08<\/sup>\u00a0And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that\u00a0was<\/em>on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon;\u00a09<\/sup>\u00a0(Which\u00a0<\/em>Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;)\u00a010<\/sup>\u00a0All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan.\u00a011<\/sup>\u00a0For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold, his bedstead\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>a bedstead of iron;\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits\u00a0was\u00a0<\/em>the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. 12<\/sup>\u00a0And this land,\u00a0which\u00a0<\/em>we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites.\u00a013<\/sup>\u00a0And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan,\u00a0being\u00a0<\/em>the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants.\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day.\u00a015<\/sup>\u00a0And I gave Gilead unto Machir.\u00a016<\/sup>\u00a0And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok,\u00a0which is\u00a0<\/em>the border of the children of Ammon;\u00a017<\/sup>\u00a0The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast\u00a0thereof\u00a0<\/em>, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain,\u00a0even\u00a0<\/em>the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah eastward.\u00a0 18<\/sup>\u00a0And I commanded you at that time, saying, The\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all\u00a0that are\u00a0<\/em>meet for the war.\u00a0\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for\u00a0<\/em>I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you;\u00a020<\/sup>\u00a0Until the\u00a0LORD\u00a0have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and\u00a0until\u00a0<\/em>they also possess the land which the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and\u00a0then\u00a0<\/em>shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. 21<\/sup>\u00a0And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the\u00a0LORD\u00a0do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.\u00a022<\/sup>\u00a0Ye shall not fear them: for the\u00a0LORD\u00a0your God he shall fight for you.\u00a023<\/sup>\u00a0And I besought the\u00a0LORD\u00a0at that time, saying,\u00a024<\/sup>\u00a0O Lord\u00a0GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God\u00a0is there\u00a0<\/em>in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?\u00a025<\/sup>\u00a0I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that\u00a0is\u00a0<\/em>beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.\u00a026<\/sup>\u00a0But the\u00a0LORD\u00a0was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the\u00a0LORD\u00a0said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter.\u00a027<\/sup>\u00a0Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold\u00a0it<\/em>with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.\u00a0\u00a028<\/sup>\u00a0But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.\u00a029<\/sup>\u00a0So we abode in the valley over against Beth-peor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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