Write Down the Journey
Numbers can be a redundant book. There's a lot of counting and recounting the 40-year long wilderness trek of the Israelites in the chapters. There are two census and a long chapter here in Numbers 33 that basically lists all the towns and cities they pass through along the way. Why is this here? First, I think the Holy Spirit is intentionally leading Moses to write all these things down so that we the reader can FEEL the emotional element of being stalled in no man's land for so long. It was monotonous and dry with occasional high points but a lot of ordinary boring days awaiting the time of God's fulfillment. Numbers is a clear warning to anyone hesitant to take the next step with God. We are made to believe Him for greater things and to trust Him for mighty acts. When we don't step out, we get stuck in a place we'd rather not be... counting and recounting. But there's powerful things to learn about God in the wilderness and that is why it's here. In N...