Numbers 35:34 KJV
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
What a thought, that the Lord dwells among them.
This would be a privilege beyond imagination. There would be comfort in the knowledge of the presence of the Lord. To know that there is peace between a people and God is the highest of all earthly blessings.
But it is not without responsibility. Because God dwelt among them they must not allow the land to be defiled. God did not promise them that the land would be trouble free. Indeed, He indicated that there would be deaths by both murder and manslaughter. He said there would be a spirit of revenge built into the people and provision must be made to deal with it all. The answer was not to create a perfect environment; the answer was to handle those problems in an appropriate way.
God dwells with the believer today in a manner that is even above that promised to Israel. But we too have our troubles.
• We have troubles in the flesh
• We have troubles in the family
• We even have troubles that arise in the church
The answer is not to try to find some sort of faith without problems, that doesn't exist. The answer is to handle it biblically and to handle it so the land is not defiled.
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel.
What a thought, that the Lord dwells among them.
This would be a privilege beyond imagination. There would be comfort in the knowledge of the presence of the Lord. To know that there is peace between a people and God is the highest of all earthly blessings.
But it is not without responsibility. Because God dwelt among them they must not allow the land to be defiled. God did not promise them that the land would be trouble free. Indeed, He indicated that there would be deaths by both murder and manslaughter. He said there would be a spirit of revenge built into the people and provision must be made to deal with it all. The answer was not to create a perfect environment; the answer was to handle those problems in an appropriate way.
God dwells with the believer today in a manner that is even above that promised to Israel. But we too have our troubles.
• We have troubles in the flesh
• We have troubles in the family
• We even have troubles that arise in the church
The answer is not to try to find some sort of faith without problems, that doesn't exist. The answer is to handle it biblically and to handle it so the land is not defiled.
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