Last April Devo

Number 12-13
Two interesting stories about trusting in God and His messengers. In the first one Aaron and Miriam doubt that Moses is really God's man because of who he married. In the second, when the 12 men went to spy on Cannan only two come back and say they can take the inhabitants, the main spokesman in chapter 13 being Caleb. It is interesting to me that people were scared of the message that was being sent and so they would come up with any reason that they could not to believe the one who sent them. For Aaron and Miriam they didn't like that Moses' wife wasn't who they thought he should marry, and for Caleb it was fear of the unknown. We should be careful not to fall into the same trap as these as we listen to the ones that God has sent. I was also sturck by God's words about how he talks to prophets, in visions and dreams (12:6). How often to we ignore people who say they have had a vision or dream. Why are we so quick to dismiss that God might still speak to people in these ways? As long as their message matches God's we should be willing to listen and recieve.

Psalm 88
verses 1-3: "O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee; Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave."

Romans 2-4
The faith of Abraham has always struck me as an interesting and intriguing thing. Abraham never seems to doubt God. God says, "you will have a child in your old age," Abraham says, "ok." God says, "sacrifice your sons," Abraham says, "ok." I struggle with the simple things. God says, "I will take care of you," and I say, "Really? How? Can you explain it to me a little more? Could you show me how you are going to do it? You know, it would be better for me if you would just do it my way." Instead I should just be saying, "ok." Abraham never doubted God's promises even though he couldn't figure out how God was going to fulfill them. I doubt God's promises all the time because I can't figure out how God is going ot fulfill them. My prayer for the day...give me the faith of Abraham. Help me trust like him. Help me follow and not doubt. Amen.