The Consequences of Unbeliefنموونە
UNBELIEF PROVOKES DIVINE ANGER
“And the Lord said to Moses, ‘How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them? I will disown them and destroy them with a plague. Then I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are!’ (Numbers 14:11-12 NLT)”
Throughout their journey in the wilderness, the Israelites repeatedly murmured and complained about one thing or the other. They provoked God’s anger again by failing to believe He was able to protect and provide for them in the land as He promised. Therefore, the Lord God disinherited the generation which did not believe Him. He declared everyone who was twenty or older would not enter into the land of Canaan. As a result, Moses and the people of Israel roamed the wilderness for 40 years until the last of the unbelieving generation had died off (Numbers 14:20-40).
Provoking God to anger leads to destruction. When Moses gave the word of the Lord to the people, they failed to take heed, and attempted to enter into Canaan out of disobedience. Even with God’s wrath burning against them, they chose to go their way and to do what they desired. Consequently, they were destroyed in battle by their enemies (Numbers 14:39-45).
QUESTION: When I face difficult decisions, do I go my own way? Or do I believe the word of the Lord and follow His guidance?
PRAYER: Heavenly Father, increase my faith capacity so that I may always believe you and go your way. Amen.
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To have faith means to believe in our hearts what we cannot see with our eyes. Sometimes it is more challenging to keep our faith despite what we see. In the wilderness, the children of Israel failed to believe the promise of God because of what they saw. In this 3-day devotional, we will discover the devastating consequences of unbelief.
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