Thurs Devo - Questioning God's Choice

Have you ever thought you could do someone else’s job better than them?
Have you thought you should have been selected for a particular position, but someone else was?
Or, did the person you like pick someone else to date?
At different points in my life, I could answer yes to all three questions.

We don’t always understand why certain people are chosen. We can often complain about decisions that are made, especially by those in leadership. It’s one thing to ask legitimate questions or to bring up valid concerns in a respectful and appropriate format. However, it is a dangerous place to be to think we are better and superior to someone else or deserve to have the same authority as them.

Numbers 12:1-4    Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. ² “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses?” they asked. “Hasn’t he also spoken through us?” And the Lord heard this. ³ (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.) ⁴ At once the Lord said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, “Come out to the tent of meeting, all three of you.” So the three of them went out.

Miriam and Aaron didn’t seem to like Moses’ wife. However, that doesn’t seem to be the real issue. Their words reveal their haughty heart attitude. They pridefully thought they deserved equal authority with Moses. God had used them to speak for Him and to help Moses, but they seemed to want more and felt they deserved it.

Interestingly, verse three mentions how humble Moses was! This is in quite contrast to prideful Miriam and Aaron! Moses didn’t deserve or earn his position, but he was God’s choice to be the main leader for the Israelites. Moses wasn’t a perfect leader, but God purposed to work through him.

Are you and I discontent with one of our positions?

How will you and I accept the position(s) God’s given to you and me at this time?   

Alice