Day 11: 90-Day Bible Challenge

Day 11: 90-Day Bible Challenge

Today’s reading:
Numbers 8:15-21:7

A thought or two:
Today as I read Numbers 13 (specifically the list of the spies sent into the land) I realized something. I have read this story many times, heard it preached more times that I can count and I have even preached it a few times myself and I have always known there were twelve spies sent into the land. Something I didn’t know was 10 of their names. The only names I knew were Joshua (also called Hoshea) son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh. And to be totally honest even though today I have realized I didn’t know the names of the other ten spies, I probably will never commit their names to memory.

The only thing significant about them is the fact that they caused Israel a bunch of disbelief, which caused Israel not to enter into the promise God had for them and ultimately it caused that generation to die in the wilderness. Not many people write books about those kinds of characters.

My second revelation wrapped into the name memorization conundrum is that I do know Joshua and Caleb’s name. Why? Mainly because they were men of faith. The kind of men that stood up in spite of being told to sit down. They stuck to their convictions in the face of being threaten by and angry mod that wanted to t throw stones at them until they died. They believed God would deliver as He promised that He would.

Daniel 11:32… people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.

Knowing God should propel you into a place of attempting great things for His namesake!

Tomorrow’s reading:
Numbers 21:8-32:19