Monday, April 4, 2011

150 Why Always 10? (Num 33)

A nice relaxing evening with daylight savings slowly taking effect.
It felt like 10 at 7.
It still feels like 10 and it's 8.
Why does it always feel like 10pm?
What will it feel like at 10?
I'm really, really hoping I won't know as I'll be asleep.

Why did I wake up earlier than normal this morning when I turned the clocks back on the weekend?
Shouldn't I struggle and wake up later than it really is?
I don't mind that I don't, but my head is not figuring this out.
This is rhetorical quizzing by the way.
Answer or don't, I'll still ponder the weird way my body works just the same.
:)

Numbers 33
The whole journey is chronicled in this chapter.
Each camping place.
It's quite remarkable.
45(I hope I counted correctly) locations.
Just before the Jordan River, God spells it out again.
Take the land.
Deal with the inhabitants.
Totally.
The people and their "gods".
Or you will have never ending problems.
Like barbs in the eye.
Oochie wa wa.
Barbs in the eye sounds decidedly unpleasant.
But I guess God has a strong point to make.
This is the new generation.
The gen Y'ers of the day.
We've already seen they think they know it all.
They don't.
And Moses' time is running out.
It will fall to Joshua.
Strong leadership.
Strong character.
He'll need both.
Heaps.

On the plus side. God is showing the people He has been with them all the way.
From the outset God has guided.
Day one, while the Egyptians buried their firstborn to now, where the Israelites are about to bury their leader and last of the generation that began the journey.
Sure there has been flashes of anger and annoyance.
But in the end, they are standing on the Jordan River, just about to step into the fulfillment of God's initial promise.
Ten out of the 12 will take the inheritance promised.
2 will do okay.
God will remain God.
He knows it has only just begun.

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