"Return, O LORD, to the ten thousand thousands." Return, O LORD, to us, ten thousand thousands across this spacious land of ours who call upon Your Name today. May we press in hard and humble to find You in our million midst.
O God, help us today to trust not like a Hobab but like a Humble Traveler in this story of ours. The brother of Moses' wife planted his feet firm like a toddler spouting: "I will not go. I will depart to my own land to to my kindred." Moses pleads with him: "Come with us, and we will do good to you, for the LORD has promised good..."
Hobab: "I WILL NOT GO." Numbers 10:30. And they moved on in Numbers 12.
Sometimes, we'll invite people into our lives and they just won't come with us. Even family. I think the problem lies with me when, actually, the problem is their own heart. Their problem is not me, it's God. I'm just an agent at the ticket station. May we let God use us as He will and not play the Holy Spirit in people's lives.
I need to find my own Rest this day. "Rest with us, God. Stay with us."
"For without You, what am I to myself but the Leader of my own destruction?" Augustine
Return, O God, to us all.
PHOTO: Taylor, Bev & Britt. Merry Christmas 2022 in Spicewood.
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