Final destination: Heaven, not Earth!
>> Friday, September 01, 2006
Just want to share something that came across during my devotion this week from the bible in Numbers 9:15-20. It's about how the Lord lead Moses and the children of Isreal in the wilderness using the pillar of cloud during the day and fire during the night. What actually struck me is this...
(Numbers 9:20-23)
"...20 Sometimes the cloud was over the tabernacle only a few days; at the LORD's command they would encamp, and then at his command they would set out. 21 Sometimes the cloud stayed only from evening till morning, and when it lifted in the morning, they set out. Whether by day or by night, whenever the cloud lifted, they set out. 22 Whether the cloud stayed over the tabernacle for two days or a month or a year, the Israelites would remain in camp and not set out; but when it lifted, they would set out. 23 At the LORD's command they encamped, and at the LORD's command they set out. They obeyed the LORD's order, in accordance with his command through Moses..."
The Isrealite followed the cloud/fire wherever it went. Because of that, they could not settle down permenantly, everything that they built/set up was temporal. They have no idea what the future was or when they were to leave again. Somedays, it could mean setting up their tents and then tearing it down again the next day. They just trust God, their Leader to lead them.
Sound really 'mar fan' eh? This is a good encouragement especially for some of us who are constantly involved in ministries in church. Sometimes we think that we have already done so much that we can't go any further or everything seems to be never ending 'doing' or 'going.'
But our lives here on earth is meant to be like that...like the children of Isreal..not being able to settle down permanently and be comfortable until we reach the 'promised land.' It's never our purpose to only live & be happy here but to strive further in whatever we do for God.We may not know what is installed in the future but we have to continue to do His work and trusting in Him to be our Leader...Our final destination is in Heaven and not on earth :)
This thought was a great encouragement to me, hope it will be for you too :)
2 Thoughts:
watever where is the last destination..but all important is now.. we need to appreciate the life now.. after tht de..when we die de,..we all cannt control de...all tht let to god la.. wat we can do now is try hard to appreciate our life for this moment...do u agree????
so wish u all the best...no one can knw wat will happen tmr...so same as,..wat we do everything...for example..i know end of this yr,,u will come to singapore..... then... i got A lot thing need to share with u ...but izzit i onli wait until dec ???wait until dec jus i tell u wat had happen on me??? or i tel u n update u from time to time...which one is better??? time flies...we need to appreciate it./..one point in my words..is onli...we don jus focus the destination ...we also need to focus the progression..macam i cannot jus focus on dec when u come sg...but i need to focus the time btween it la.... m.. sorry if u don understand with my broken english...
yea..kind of understand what u writing...i do know what will happen after i die. I will be in heaven with God. What's important now is how i do what God want me to do here on earth while am still alive...That is to live for Him. To make sure everyone knows about Jesus and they will also be in heaven with me when we all leave earth :) This is why I started this blog too..to let ppl read how good is God.
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