IS THE LORD'S ARM TOO SHORT?
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IS THE LORD'S ARM TOO SHORT?
"The LORD answered Moses, 'Is the LORD's arm too short?
You will now see whether or not what I say will come
true for you'" (Numbers 11:23, NIV).
The Lord had been leading the people of Israel out of
Egypt to the Promised Land for over two years with many
signs and wonders. However, it seemed the people were
not ready to accept God for who He is - the ever-caring
God. They were fond of complaint and rebellion whenever
they were in hardship. They even tried to set up
another god for themselves when it seemed Moses, the
man God was using among them, was nowhere to found (see
Exodus 32)! In spite of all the ways God was using to
bring them back to their senses, they were still
grumbling for what God did not do for them. It came to
a point that Moses was tired of bearing their burden.
He wanted to die (Numbers 11:10-15).
Nevertheless, in this state of hopelessness, God rose
to reduce the burden of Moses by selecting other
seventy elders in Israel to be helping him. As for the
cause of the Israelites' complaint - meat to eat - God
promised, "You will not eat it for just one day, or two
days, or five, ten or twenty days, but for a whole
month
" (Numbers 11:19-20a, NIV). What a wonderful God!
Moses could not understand this. How would God feed
over six hundred thousand men with meat not to talk of
the women and the children? "Would they have enough if
flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they
have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for
them?" (Numbers 11:22, NIV), he questioned God.
Responding, God said, "Is the LORD's arm too short? You
will now see whether or not what I say will come true
for you" (Numbers 11:23, NIV). God did provide the
meat, even in excess! However, the meat became a snare
to the people because of their unbelief (Numbers
11:31-34).
In what way are you also complaining against God? Do
you think that He cannot provide for you? Do you also
doubt the ability of God to act in your situation? Let
me ask you as God asked Moses: "Is the LORD's arm too
short?"
"Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save,
nor his ear too dull to hear" (Isaiah 59:1, NIV).
In His service,
Bayo Afolaranmi (Pastor).
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