Hello everyone, i greet you all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Its a beautiful Tuesday morning and i pray that the Almighty God will make everything around beautiful today and forever in Jesus Name, Amen.
Let us quickly look at what the Lord is saying to us this morning, our reading is from Numbers 13:1- end and our memory verses is Numbers 13:17-20 "Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, ;Go up into the Negeb yonder, and go up into the hill country, 18 and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak,whether they are few or many, 19 and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds, 20 and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there is wood in it or not. Be of good courage and bring some fruits of the land.' Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes."
This passage of the Holy Bible is a very popular one and it is usually and widely preached based on faith, today the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to a great understanding in this same passage and that is the need for one to know the magnitude of his/her struggle.
What is Magnitude? Magnitude is the extent of dimension or size. In wars, spies are sent to waring countries or kingdoms to know the capacity of their army. In the underworld information is one of the major bargaining chip, in business the in-depth knowledge of a business contributes to the success of that business. This also is the case in spiritual struggle, we Christians are quick to conclude that our problem is the devil and so believes prayer is all that is needed but the truth is that in as much as prayer is the master key, there is also the human factor in dealing with our spiritual struggle.
Till i come your way again, remain blessed.
Let us quickly look at what the Lord is saying to us this morning, our reading is from Numbers 13:1- end and our memory verses is Numbers 13:17-20 "Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, ;Go up into the Negeb yonder, and go up into the hill country, 18 and see what the land is, and whether the people who dwell in it are strong or weak,whether they are few or many, 19 and whether the land that they dwell in is good or bad, and whether the cities that they dwell in are camps or strongholds, 20 and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether there is wood in it or not. Be of good courage and bring some fruits of the land.' Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes."
This passage of the Holy Bible is a very popular one and it is usually and widely preached based on faith, today the Holy Spirit opened my eyes to a great understanding in this same passage and that is the need for one to know the magnitude of his/her struggle.
What is Magnitude? Magnitude is the extent of dimension or size. In wars, spies are sent to waring countries or kingdoms to know the capacity of their army. In the underworld information is one of the major bargaining chip, in business the in-depth knowledge of a business contributes to the success of that business. This also is the case in spiritual struggle, we Christians are quick to conclude that our problem is the devil and so believes prayer is all that is needed but the truth is that in as much as prayer is the master key, there is also the human factor in dealing with our spiritual struggle.
Moses had already been told by God that He (God) will wipe away all the inhabitants of the promised land which is why Moses commanded the spies to be of good courage. He said that to them so they don't get scared of the kind of people they will see. This therefore means their report was their judgment on themselves and they served their term. All Moses needed from that exercise was information that will guide him on how to organize them whilst he awaits God's instruction and also so they can appreciate what God is about to do for them considering the fact that they are no match to the inhabitants of the promised land.How well do you know and understand the magnitude of your struggle? One way to understanding the magnitude of your struggle is by reading the word of God and meditating on it as the Lord instructed Joshua in Joshua 1:8 "This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success."
Till i come your way again, remain blessed.
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