19 as the Lord commanded Moses. And so he counted them in the Desert of Sinai:....54 The Israelites did all this just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Someday I'll be interested to hear why God felt it was important to include certain information in the Bible. This chapter is chalked full of information that seems irrelevant to me today in 2016. That said maybe it felt that way to Moses as well and to the Israelites but at this moment in time they were doing a good job following instructions rather than objecting or doing taking their own approach. Maybe that's the lesson for 2016, be obedient.
We are starting another tough book. I can imagine this will be the one time we go through this one on our journey but I really do want to be able to say I have read every word in the Bible and therefore its time to git it done!
knut
ps--prayers for a couple families today.
We go to the funereal of a dad of two of our kids classmates. He was 59 and fell ill in and died in a days notice. Rick was a friendly person and I pray that his wife and kids feel support and love from our Grimes community.
The other is a 4 year old girl from Oregon. She drowned in Cabo last Monday. We watched two mom's get swept off of the beach with their 4 and 6 year old daughters. We ran and helped get the 6 yr old daughter back out of the water and others helped get the two mom's. We would have been celebrating but the 4yr girl had drowned in a matter of minutes before others could find her. I can't imagine their pain and don't even know them but feel connected to them through being there and involved in trying to help in the midst of the tragedy. I tracked down the dad's at another pool and had to break the news of an accident on the beach. They were enjoying a cocktail as I interrupted their conversation with the news that in an instant changed their vacation into a horror story. It is so tragic. I just pray for healing for both of those families.
This is a tough one. Lots of numbers. As to the Godly intent of it, I'm not sure. But, for me it shows me the scale of the Israelite people. Its HUGE! Now think about Moses leading this mass of people thru the desert. Think about him leading them through the parted sea. WOW! It gives me a little more context. Wehn I read about the Israelites leaving Egypt, it seems to happen within a matter of hours. But, for a group of this magnitude....it probably took weeks!
ReplyDeleteLet's keep forging ahead. We need to do it. Its important to God, so it should be important to us!
As for the families........OMGoodness!
I can't put myself in the position you were put in.....that must have been terrible. Then to think about how much worse it was for them.....wow. From bliss to heartbreak it 1 second.
I've heard of several people lately that are not much older than us, and they fell, and then die. What's going one with that?