My reading through the Bible in a year program has me reading in Numbers. This book basically follows the daily lives of the Israelites as they are wandering in the wilderness, waiting for God and Moses to lead them into the Promised Land. In Numbers 11, God becomes so frustrated with the Israelites' constant complaining about what God hasn't done for them, and seeming ungratefulness for what God has done for them, that He sent fire down from heaven which consumed the outskirts of the camp. Apparently His action got their attention, but not for long. In verse 4 of chapter 11, the NIV states "The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing...."
Do you have rabble around you? Has God gotten your attention and you have determined to follow Him only to be sidetracked by the distractions around you? Rabble could be anything that causes us to take our eyes off of Jesus: comments of a friend, new psychological theories, television programs, problems and traumas in our lives.
"Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith...." (Hebrews 12:2).
Marilyn is a wife and mother, author, and international conference and retreat speaker. She and her husband, Glen, serve as Counselors-in-Residence at America's KESWICK during the summer months
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