Numbers 33:40-35:34, Luke 5:12-28, Psalms 65:1-13, Proverbs 11:23

What God said to me – Have you ever gotten something in your eye that you couldn’t get out?  It’s so small and yet it hurts so much – your eye is constantly watering and every time you blink, you feel it.  It gets “gunky” and blurs your vision so you’re constantly wiping it so you can see.  What about a pain in your side or neck – whether it’s a pulled muscle or a pinched nerve or a rib out of place, every time you move it hurts.  It hurts even to lie down so you never really rest well.  Did you know you can get spiritual pricks in your eyes or thorns in your side when you allow sin to remain?  I told Israel that when they went into the promised land, they needed to destroy all of the idols and places of worship of the people in the land, or they would be drawn into their sins of idolatry and immorality.  They would become like pricks in their eyes and thorns in their sides, always causing pain, always causing discomfort and never allowing them to rest and fully possess the land I had given them.  When you allow sin to remain in your life, even when you don’t succumb very often, it will become like that for you – a prick in your conscious – a pang of disappointment and defeat in your soul – never being able to fully enjoy the rest and peace of being wholly devoted to Me.  You must tear down all the idols of your old life once and for all.  You be holy because “I AM” holy.

Numbers 32:1-33:39, Luke 4:31-5:11, Psalms 64:1-10, Proverbs 11:22

What God said to me – The motto of the three Musketeers is “all for one and one for all”.  That should also be the motto of My people.  As My child you are not alone but are part of a body with each member an important part and contributing to the health of the whole body.  As Israel approached the promised land after wandering forty years in the wilderness, some of the people wanted to remain in the land they had captured from the Midianites.  Moses told them they could keep the land, but they still had an obligation to the rest of the tribes to go with them and fight to capture the promised land.  In My church I have given each one a spiritual gift and a place of ministry within the body of Christ.  No gift or ministry is more important than another – all are necessary to equip My people for the work of service to build up My body, so each one becomes a mature believer.  The things you go through in your life and the lessons I teach you along the way are not just for your life, but so you can come along side others and teach them and encourage them as they grow and mature as believers.  Church is important.  Ministry is important.  Build one another up.

Numbers 30-31. Luke 4:1-30, Psalms 63:1-11, Proverbs 11:20-21

What God said to me – Everyone dreams of a life of ease and comfort but that’s not the way it is for anyone, especially My children.  You will have challenges and stresses and trials in life that you encounter by design – My design – My plan for you.  I put those things in your life to teach you and to grow you and to strengthen you and to transform you so I can use you.  When you begin to lift weights in the gym, it’s difficult at first, but it gets easier the more you do it – not because the weights are getting lighter, but because you are getting stronger.  When I was preparing David to be king, he spent a lot of time in the wilderness and in caves running and hiding from those who were trying to destroy him.  I used that time to strengthen his relationship with Me – to teach him to trust Me and to depend on Me for everything.  He learned to worship Me and to seek Me and to cry out to Me and to trust Me in all things.  He learned that his relationship with Me was more important than anything else – even his very life.  Have you learned that lesson?