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Today’s Scripture & Commentary

Numbers 11:11

So Moses said to the Lord (YHWH), “Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me?”
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Ministry—and remember as the apostle Paul makes clear—each of us, every true believer, has been called for and equipped to minister God’s love and gifts as He directs. “But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. … one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.” {1Cor.12:7,11}

It is an incredible blessing that the Lord would use us, entrust us, to be co-workers with Him in the plan of God! If it has become a heavy burden, like that which Moses is bemoaning in today’s verse, something has gone wrong. And I seriously doubt it is the Lord’s fault!

There is a song that I really like, one that Alice and I have sung many times and places as we have traveled in our ministry; It was written by Ralph Carmichael in the 1960’s I believe, and is titled ‘Reach Out To Jesus.’ In the lyrics it says, ‘Is your burden heavy as you bear it all alone? Does the road you travel harbor dangers yet unknown? Are you growing weary in the struggle of it all? Reach out to Jesus, He’s reaching out to you!’

Jesus told us that His ‘yoke is easy and His burden is light’ in Matthew 11:30, but it is more than you or I can bear on our own! Whether it is taking care of your family, doing your job at work, or pastoring a congregation (of any size) if you try to do it on your own you will certainly wind up doing what Moses was doing in today’s verse and what the Word has warned us against—grumbling and complaining {Php.2:14} and being miserable in the process.

So, get un-miserable, put a smile in your heart where faith resides, put praises on your lips, and press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. {Php.3:14}

“…For the joy of the Lord is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10)

SERVE THE LORD WITH JOY AND PRAISE

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Today's Bible Study

The Letter to the Ephesians – Part 18

Chapter 5:21-27 — The Household of God. The start of a look at the good order of God’s family and the plan for a joyful, peaceful life in the family of God. It’s all about faith, obedience, humility and submission. And it does not work right any other way because, as the sign would say, it would be ‘Out of Order’