Land of Milk and Honey

I'm just trusting that this is where God is taking us right now. First, talking us out of Charleston, wasn't easy, similar to getting the Israelites out of Egypt. We had to cross the Great Plains. I admit... it's not quite the Red Sea, but it was definitely an event. And now, we're in the land we felt called to, but we are not yet tasting the milk and honey that I hoped we would find here.

I'm encouraged by the message Joshua and Caleb gave to the Israelites in Numbers 14.

"The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. If the Lord is pleased with us, He will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the Lord is with us. Do not be afraid of them."

Joshua and Caleb trusted that God was leading them and that God had the power to give them the blessings of the land. Most of the other Israelites didn't believe, and therefore God would never allow them to set foot in the Promised Land.

Although there may be some roadblocks, God has the power to take us through them.

Since Moses and Aaron had been told by God to not enter the land yet, they were camping outside of it and waiting for where God told them to go next. Some of the Israelite men got restless and actually decided they were going to go take on a couple of the groups living in the land without waiting on God. God had been traveling with them in the Ark of the Covenant, but they didn't even bring it with them. Even though God had provided for them all the way through the desert, they still decided to try to rush things without waiting for God to give the OK.

God has a specific time for things and a specific way that He sometimes asks us to do things, and He desires for us to listen and follow Him in that, not because it's the only way He can do the things He wants to do, but because He gets worship out of our obedience.

Obedience is the path to blessing