RPG Adults
FAILURE OF THE MAJORITY TO ENTER GOD’S REST
THURSDAY, JULY 25
Hebrews 4:1-8
Acts 7:44-50
“Heaven is my throne,
and earth is my footstool …”
FAILURE OF THE MAJORITY TO ENTER GOD’S REST
The gospel that is preached today is not different from that which Moses preached. It offers eternal promises of good things to come. The ultimate reward is eternal joy and God-given rest.
The majority were denied entry into the land of Canaan because of their unbelief. The story is told in Numbers 13, that Moses had chosen twelve spies (one from each tribe in Israel) to go and search the land before Israel occupied it. When they returned they brought a good report concerning the land that it was a good land as the Lord had told them. They even brought the fruit of the land to prove the value of its productivity. However, ten of the spies hesitated. They said that the people living in the land were too strong for them and the walls of their cities were very high. The majority of the congregation sided with them and wanted to appoint a captain to lead them back to Egypt. Moses strongly resisted their proposal and asked the Lord about it.
Meanwhile two of the spies, Joshua and Caleb, wanted to enter the land for they had faith in God, who had promised, that He would give it to them. The Lord’s verdict was that all adults of the congregation, except for these two spies, would not enter the Promised Land. The Lord did not execute the judgment right away but they were to wander in the wilderness for forty years until they all died and only their children would inherit the Land. They failed to enter that rest that God had promised them. They did not trust in God but in themselves. Their failure to recognise God’s sovereignty led to miserable consequences for them.
THOUGHT: One cannot serve God with divided attention.
PRAYER: Father, may I always serve Thee with one mind.