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Numbers 13:33 And there we saw the giants, …and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
As Moses wandered through the wilderness with his people, he was so worried that he asked GOD to just kill him to take him out of his misery, So, GOD told him to gather the wise leaders so that HE could have a talk with everyone.
Then, GOD visited and took the worries of Moses and spread them to the other people in the room; not a bad result of a prayer meeting.
So, Moses felt better and GOD sent quail to supplement the manna, which was starting to feel monotonous; they dreamt of fish, cucumbers, leeks, onions, melons, and garlic instead of the steady diet of the manna that was probably black (bdellium) and tasted like oil.
Finally, they reached the door to the promised land; but, the spies they sent over reported that the Jews– if they went through the door–would be like grasshoppers among giants. So, when the Jews decide to not walk through the door, GOD said, “OK, so all of you who live by fear instead of by claiming MY promise will die in the wilderness.”
And so it has been with me when I work and work and work for years to open a door to the dreams of a promised land of the cucumbers of love and the melons of prosperity and the leeks and garlic of health and joy for myself and for my family, when I wander searching and suffering and working to get to the door of a GOD-given vision; and then, when the door opens, the naysayers on Twitter, and a friend (who is still lost in the wilderness), and the demons of distraction, and the dilution of faith by an addiction to a connection to a device (that won’t even work after more than a day without a charger) more than to the eternal Silence and prayer; to addiction to likes on Facebook more than to a connection to GOD and the path—when a device is craved more than scripture and literature and action (watch over the next hour and see for what do you have an urge to reach),
when the spies of poison and distraction make us grasshoppers at the feet of our Giant (of GOD’s Promised Land), then we die in the wilderness of missed dreams.
Read: Numbers 11-15
Practice: Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and if you speak, speak accordingly.
Walk 3 miles
Eat 5 fruits or vegetables
Sincerely,
Charles
Charles Runels, MD
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