365 Reflections

In the midst of the grumbling of the Israelites and watching the judgment of God in the wilderness for those who formerly complained, Moses begins to lose both his patience and his faith. He loses his patience earlier in Numbers 11: Numbers 11:11–12 (ESV) Moses said to the LORD, “Why have you dealt ill with your servant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? 12 Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land that you swore to give their fathers? But what we see God speak back to Moses reveals something more tragic that has transpired in him because of the consistent complaints of the people he has experienced. God first tells Moses He will supply enough meat for them to eat for a month, until they gag on it. (The warning here is that sometimes God will give us what we demand and it will hurt only us.) But back to M...

Lee Iacocca calls the "Bean Counters". People who handle the money for the organization. He often shared in his book how frustrating Bean Counters were to people with vision. Sometimes you need to grow even when the money is tight. The Church is known for putting to death many great soul-winning projects because of fear they won't have enough money. How foolish! I mean, who do we serve??? Meanwhile the world takes chances and risks necessary to do great things in the name of industry! Should we not to the same in the Name of Christ? Paul is sending a couple guys to collect the money for the mission to Jerusalem in 2 Corinthians 8-9. He's writing ahead to tell them who they should expect. The guys he picks to carry the money tells us a great deal about what kind of person should handle the money in the kingdom of God. 2 Corinthians 8:16–19 (ESV) But thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same earnest care I have for you. 17 For he not only a...