DAILY?READINGS: Numbers 14; Proverbs 11; 1 Peter 3
For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the Lord; and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him. Numbers 16:11
Progress towards Canaan had stalled because of Israelite disbelief. The strongest attack on God’s leadership and order for Israel occurred at this time. Korah led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron, but God viewed that assault as being against Himself and took drastic measures to quell the revolt. If the vitality of your local fellowship is waning, do not rebel against the Lord’s leadership or His order for His Church. Rather, remove what is hindering good body-life: complacency, pride, and selfish attitudes. —W. A. H.
Sprinkle Thy blood upon my heart, and melt it by Thy dying love;
This rebel heart by love subdue, and make it soft, and make it new.
—Charles Wesley