Let's Go Back

"The whole congregatin said to them (Moses and Aaron), 'Would that we had died in the land of Egypt, would that we had died in this wilderness." (Numbers 14:2)

The people of God had seen Him do incredible miracles to deliver them from slavery in Egypt. They had witnessed the parting of the Red Sea, and the destruction of Pharoah's mighty army. They had come to the edge of the Promised Land. God had promised that He would give it to them. But ten of the spies came back and spread a bad report about the giants in the land.

Now God's people would rather go back into slavery and bondage. Now they would rather die under the cruel taskmasters of Egypt. Now they are grumbling and complaining against God's chosen leaders. When they were suffering in Egypt they had enough faith to let God lead them out. But now, they do not have enough faith to enter into God's promise.

Egypt represents the bondage of sin. The wilderness represents a carnal life, a life lived less than what God desires. Canaan represents the victorious abundant life, not heaven. How many Christians do not have enough faith to enter into God's promised Victory in their daily lives? How many would rather return to the bondage of sin and the cruelty of the satanic taskmasters? Will you trust God to not only bring you out of the sin of your past, but into the Victory He desires for your future?