Let's Get Real

Numbers 12:1-2 KJV

And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.

I get the impression that Aaron and Miriam had a whole other problem with Moses than whom he had married. They were more concerned with Moses' claim that God was speaking to him in some manner different than He was to them. How did they know that was true? God spoke to them too. What was so different about him? They wanted some of his authority. It is the same challenge people make all of the time with those in authority. They find something to accuse them of so they can next try to diminish their authority and take some for themselves. Churches are filled with people who find petty faults with the preacher that they might justify not listening to him. 

Marrying outside the Jewish family was an age-old ban established by God with the marriage of Isaac and confirmed in the Law. We have transposed it in our day to not marrying (and by extension, not dating) outside of our faith. As a general rule, it is a wise piece of counsel. But there have been exceptions, cases where the lost one was converted and, though it would have been inadvisable for the believer to date the unbeliever; that unbeliever was later saved and became a servant of God. 

Rather than finding fault with some small issue in a servant of the Lord, it would be wiser to examine their walk with the Lord. If they have a true and faithful relationship with God, whether you agree with every aspect of their personal life or not, it would be foolhardy to murmur against them. 

Let's get real.

The only reason we make an issue out of a minor issue is that we take issue with the authority of the man of God.