THE STORY OF JESUS: Deuteronomy 1-3
“Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan.” (3:27)
Though Moses has been a part of their story, he will not enter this next chapter.
He gets to see it, but he does not get to experience it.
To some extent, we are all like Moses – we don’t get to see all of God’s unfolding plan.
Faith is seeing God’s promise from a distance, a blend of already and not yet.
“These people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance…” (Hebrews 11:13)
Martin Luther King Jr. climbed this mountain of faith, seeing racial harmony from a distance.
‘I’ve been to the mountain top’, where his eyes could see the glory of the coming of the Lord.
Is there something you are not seeing yet, something God has promised?
Healing, forgiveness, salvation for a loved one, justice, peace, reconciliation, transformation?
Personally there are several things I wish I was seeing, but am not.
Spend time on the mountaintop with God, and see them from a distance.
Remind yourself in the Lord what is right, and true, and good (Philippians 4:8).
Yes, its not nice not to experience it NOW, but in due time, you WILL see it.
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord, I know that You are alive, and that in the end You will stand on the earth. And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see God with my own eyes — I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! (Job 19:25-27)