Numbers 32:19 KJV
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
The two and a half tribes got their way, but I don't believe it was because it was the will of God. I believe it was because God allows our free will. These two and a half tribes bargained with Moses for their way. And, though for a time they appeared to be sincere, you hear nothing of them after a time. Their land was always more known for the heathen there than for God's people. The names of the tribes are not forgotten but there is nearly no reference to their part in Israel history.
I have known who knows how many Christians who bargain with God between His will and theirs. If a person insists, as these two and a half tribes did, upon their own will God will not prevent them. But this should not be taken as the approval or the will of God. His will is plain. When we bargain with God for our own will, we may for a time make a pretense of following the Lord but that will eventually fade and we will end up where we wanted to be; in the center of our own will and not that of the Lord.
For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
The two and a half tribes got their way, but I don't believe it was because it was the will of God. I believe it was because God allows our free will. These two and a half tribes bargained with Moses for their way. And, though for a time they appeared to be sincere, you hear nothing of them after a time. Their land was always more known for the heathen there than for God's people. The names of the tribes are not forgotten but there is nearly no reference to their part in Israel history.
I have known who knows how many Christians who bargain with God between His will and theirs. If a person insists, as these two and a half tribes did, upon their own will God will not prevent them. But this should not be taken as the approval or the will of God. His will is plain. When we bargain with God for our own will, we may for a time make a pretense of following the Lord but that will eventually fade and we will end up where we wanted to be; in the center of our own will and not that of the Lord.
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