Today: Numbers 33-34
"Don't count your chickens before they hatch."
It's a famous saying, but is it the best approach to life?
Based on this passage and some life experience, I'd argue that it's not. If you have hope, faith or a dream, you have to have hope, faith or a dream for (or in) something...a picture of the eggs before they hatch, if you will. In the best case scenarios, the picture you have is a God-given picture (like Abraham's "count the stars" moment we read about awhile ago). Even though the picture isn't yet real, it can help propel your life in a different direction.
In today's passage, God instructed Moses to divide up the Promised Land...before the Israelites had even conquered it! He gave them clear guidance on the borders of the land and appointed leaders to manage the land distribution. The people were well prepared to occupy the Promised Land before it was officially theirs.
Is there a promise that you can prepare for? A God-given picture that you can not only pray for, but plan for? Go ahead...start counting those stars. They're better than chickens anyway.
Tomorrow: Numbers 35-36
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