Don't you love it when the Spirit teaches you through mistakes?
I was turning to a particular Scripture for a lesson and went to the wrong book of the Bible for some reason. Instead, I read Exodus 6:2-9. In this passage, God is talking to the Israelites through Moses, telling them that He has chosen them to be His special people and that He was going to rescue them and give them a good land to possess.
Verse 9 really spoke to my heart.
"Moses told all this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor."
Sometimes God is speaking to us, promising the desires of our hearts for His good glory, but we are too broken to believe. Have you ever experienced a time when you knew with every ounce of your heart and soul that what the Lord was telling you was true, but you just couldn't bring your mind to believe it? This was the Israelites at that point. They were just too tired to believe it fully.
The amazing thing about this is that the Lord did not say, "Fine. Forget it then. I'm going to go pick some people who will believe me fully. You blew it." No. God fulfilled His promises to them anyway. He loved them enough to bring them along to a place where they were no longer too weary to follow.
Right after that is when He gave them the Words I was suppose to read - Deuteronomy 6:4-5: "Listen, Israel: The Lord our God is One. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength."
Sometimes I believe we need to just meet our God with whatever strength we have, and He will aways provide the rest. What a loving God He truly is.
Have you met with God today with all that you are, no matter how little you may feel it is?
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