At the first test of freedom, the Israelites failed the test. When you fail a test, you have to retake it. God does not test you to hurt you. God wants to help you.
Why did it take the Israelites 42 years instead of 42 days?
#1 – They blamed God for their problem instead of thanking Him for the miracle.
When you focus on the problem instead of the promise, you miss the power of the promise: the miracle.
#2 – They blamed Moses, their leader. Moses stood up for the Israelites when they would not stand up for themselves. It does not matter who your leader is and who you follow, but it does matter who’s the umbrella of protection you are under.
#3 – They kept wanting to live in the past. The children of Israel kept looking back when God wanted to bring them forward.
#4 – They underestimated what God had already given them to bring the miracle about. God has already given you what you need to move forward and bring the miracle about. It’s not that you need more to move forward to have a miracle. You need God’s blessing upon what you have now.
1 Peter 1:6-7, NKJV “In this, you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need me, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.”
The Challenge
- Will you ask God to bless what He has given you?