Today’s Scripture Reading (August 4,
2012): Numbers 11
We ask the
wrong questions. We seem to wonder whether or not God is capable of changing
our situation. We ask questions about whether the Gospel message has any
relevance for the world in which we live. Maybe God needs to change the way that
he does things in the modern era. If we do not think it, we definitely hear it.
Christianity is archaic – it is out of date. It is just no longer relevant for
our current lifestyle. God is no longer able.
It is the
question that is on Moses lips as God makes him a promise for more meat than
the people would want to eat. From Moses point of view, the promise was an
impossible one. There was no way that god would be able to deliver that much
meet (by the way, it was also an impossible promise from the point of view of
the people – there was no way that they would ever tire of meet after being
forced to eat Manna for such a long period of time.) But it was only impossible
from their point of view. From God’s point of view, nothing was impossible. God
could do anything that he set out to do.
Of course,
the key question of what God can accomplish always comes back to what it is
that God desires to accomplish. And in this case, he was going to give his
people what they wanted – even though they were soon going to find out that it
was not what they really wanted. So our main problem is in understanding what
God it is that God wants.
God’s desire
is for us to make a difference – to step up and love the unlovable and make a
real difference in the lives of those who are lonely. His desire is that we
understand our own forgiveness and are willing to forgive – and in that, that
we are willing to create a better world. And as long as that is what we are
chasing, God’s arm is will never be too short.
Tomorrow’s Scripture Reading: Numbers
12
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