Fix Your Eyes on God!

Numbers 20:1-13

Sorry for not having shared my Friday’s devotion. I found the word a lil too hard to digest, hard to share. But still, I’ll share it for today ya?

Well, you can see that Moses was frustrated with the Hebrews people. They were so hard-hearted and weak in their faith that Moses lost his patience and was angry with them. And his frustration at the people made him commit the same sin as the people who blatantly disobeyed God’s instructions. When Moses shifted his focus away from God, it cost him the opportunity to enter the Promised Land as well. Moses had allowed his attention to shift to the behaviour of others rather than focusing on the activity of God.

Similarly, I felt that I had allowed myself to shift my focus to the behaviour of people, their weaknesses, disobedience, lack of faith, stubbornness that it had frustrated me so much. And in doing so, I have already committed the very sins I condemned. And i feel terrible that like Moses, it might cause the whole tribe to miss entering the Promised Land! =(

The only way is really.... to fix your eyes on the Lord!

Lord, help me fix my eyes on You– your gracious, forgiving, long-suffering, righteous and ever-loving self, that I may learn to grow to become more like You, because I know I am far from perfect! Help me to turn to you immediately each time I struggle, that I may seek to discern what You want to do in their lives rather than concentrating on the sins, so that I will be able to have the strength, wisdom, and patience I need to help people the way You desire!