Your Daily Focus
Who’s the Wiser?
Scripture: Then Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back.” And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but speak only the […]
Our Place and Value
Scripture: And Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you.” Numbers 22:29 ESV Observation: King Balak, gripped with fear of the encroaching Israelites, receives word from his elders that Balaam refused to come and curse these foreigners. […]
Don’t Mess with the Blessed
Scripture: And God came to Balaam and said, “Who are these men with you?” And Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me. Perhaps I […]
Songs of Victory
Scripture: And Israel took all these cities, and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. Therefore the ballad singers say, “Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established. For fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the city of Sihon. It […]
Our Battle Cry
Scripture: And from there they continued to Beer; that is the well of which the LORD said to Moses, “Gather the people together, so that I may give them water.” Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well!—Sing to it—the well that the princes made, that the nobles of the people dug, with the scepter […]
Keep Looking Up
Scripture: And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, […]
Justice and Mercy
Scripture: And the LORD heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called Hormah. Numbers 21:3 ESV Observation: The setting for this battle is the region of Arad in the Negev (located approximately twenty miles south of Hebron and […]
Faith Over Fear
Scripture: “Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor. And strip Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron shall be gathered to his people and shall die there.” Numbers 20:25-26 ESV Observation: Chapter 20 begins with Miriam’s death and closes with Aaron’s passing, marking the […]
Taking His Highway
Scripture: But he said, “You shall not pass through.” And Edom came out against them with a large army and with a strong force. Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him. Number 20:20-21 ESV Observation: As commentators concur, from this point forward in the book of Numbers, the […]
Acting in Faith to His Glory
Scripture: And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.” These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled […]
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