Thursday, July 30, 2015

Thurs Devo: Drama Drama!

Do you know a drama queen? Maybe you have one in your family. (Boys can be “drama kings” too!) Well, Joe and I were playing with some foster children at a park on Sunday and one of them was quite a drama queen. She also seemed to fear the worst case scenario. Knowing some of her background, I can see how easy it would be to have that perspective. She hasn’t had loving, caring and dependable parents.

In today’s passage, though, the Israelites are even more dramatic, and they had a loving, caring and dependable God leading them!
Numbers 17:10-13   10 The Lord said to Moses, “Put back Aaron’s staff in front of the ark of the covenant law, to be kept as a sign to the rebellious. This will put an end to their grumbling against me, so that they will not die.” 11 Moses did just as the Lord commanded him.
12 The Israelites said to Moses, “We will die! We are lost, we are all lost! 13 Anyone who even comes near the tabernacle of the Lord will die. Are we all going to die?”

 Sigh… Are the Israelites not listening???! God didn’t say they would die. He gave them yet another sign so they would remember not to grumble against Him so they would NOT die. He gave them a visual to help them. When will they learn???

It’s easy to see how ridiculous someone else’s fear is (i.e. the Israelites’ fear), but harder to spot my own irrational fears. I’m not only a child of loving, caring and dependable parents, but a child of a loving, caring and dependable God!


What drama are you and I facing right now? Let’s take our fears to God and ask for His help to see the situations from His perspective. Just as God gave the Israelites instructions and visuals to help them live a life filled with joy, He has done the same for us. Instead of being dramatic or running away in fear, we can listen to God’s instructions and learn from Him. 

Alice     

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