Joshua 5:6 (NKJV) 6 For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people who were men of war, who came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they did not obey the voice of the Lord-to whom the Lord swore that He would not show them the land which the Lord had sworn to their fathers that He would give us, “a land flowing with milk and honey.”
40 years.
That’s how long it took the Israelites to travel what should have taken them 12 days.
Why?
One word: disobedience
God provided a way for them to leave slavery. He fed them, clothed them and provided them with shade in the daytime and light during the night.
An entire generation literally passed away, died, in the desert, because of their disobedience. What a shame.
Are we like the Israelites sometimes? Do we wonder “why it’s taking God so long” to do something.
Sometimes it’s not really God that’s slowing things down, but us. We are the problem.
We need to be diligent to hear God and then to obey Him and do what He tells us to do.
If we could just get this right more often, we would spend way less time “waiting on God” and more time enjoying His blessings.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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