Category: Daily Devotional

Scripture Numbers 14: [9] Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will swallow them up. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.”

Observation: There is nothing on this earth we should be afraid of knowing that God is on our side. No matter what we are going through or will go through it will only be for a season and God will guide us through it. All we need to do is be on God’s side and trust in Him. Follow His command and obey what His word tells us to do. Our Lord will protect us and bring us home when It’s time.

Application: I need to walk my talk and know my Lord is with me. I’m more afraid then most and still filled with anxiety, worried about so many things. I need to trust in the Lord with all of my heart and lean not on my own understanding but in all my ways acknowledge Him and He will make my path straight.

Prayer: Dear Lord help me draw close to you. You’ve protected me all of my life and I know you are with me. Help me tell others about you unfailing love and protection. Show me how to share my testimony of you with others. I love you Lord open my heart to what pleases you.

Scripture Numbers 13:30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, “We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it.”

Observation: God told the Israelites that this was the land He promised them that flowed with milk and honey. A scouting party went up and saw that it truly was, however they were afraid of the people. Only Caleb and Joshua wanted to go up and take the land God had given them. The Israelites saw God work miracles and provide for them even through all of their bickering. Yet their fear was stronger than their faith and they would pay the price. It’s easy to condemn the Jews for their lack of faith even after all God had done for them, but what about me. God has worked just as many miracles in my life and yet I’m still afraid to step out and to do His will. There hasn’t been one time where God has called me to do something that it didn’t go well and because of my laziness and lack of faith I don’t do all that He calls me to do.

Application: I need to get past my laziness and selfish ways to fulfill the purpose He created me for. I know I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, and now I need to make the first step in faith to get things done.

Prayer: Dear Lord heal me of this laziness. I continue to think of myself first, instead of why you have me here. Convict me to be a better man, a man that honors you. You deserve the best I can be and I need your help to accomplish that.

Scripture Numbers 12:3 (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)

Observation: I remember a few years ago I was in sales and taking a prospective customer to see our locations. I was with one of our sales associates and during lunch I went to get drinks and made sure our customer had what they needed. After the visit we dropped her off and on the way home my partner told me that she said how nice and humble I was. It really hit my heart that someone thought I was humble and began to tear up as the Holy Spirit filled my heart. I was such an arrogant man most of my life and now someone thought I was humble, what a long way I had come.

Application: I still want praise and to be the center of attention too often. I need to work on being humble and to die to myself. I’m not here for me I was created for my Lord and for a purpose and that purpose is not to lift me up, but my God and I can’t do that if the focus is on me.

Prayer: My Lord humble your servant and fill my heart with the things you desire of me. May I die to myself and lift you up with the life I lead and that others may see a humble servant of yours.

Scripture Numbers 11: [14] I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.

Observation: How many times have you said that your burden was too heavy to carry? I know I have said it way more than once. Most of my life has been spent in depression, because I felt living was too heavy of a burden for me. My testimony was the day I gave my life to Jesus was after a message on how Jesus died to take our burden upon himself. I thought about my life and how I kept adding to my burden and I couldn’t take it anymore and when I heard that Jesus was there to help relieve me of all that I to carried I gave my life and burdens to Him.

Application: God wants to take everyone’s burdens upon himself. My job is to tell others about this amazing revelation so that they too may give their life to the Lord and walk with Him as I did that wonderful day. To tell others this life was never designed to be lived alone and the burden of living was something that Jesus wants to share.

Prayer: My Lord thank you for loving me so much that you reached out to me and took my burden from me. Guide me now to help others relieve themselves of the burdens of everyday life and look to you for relief. May they live the life you have chosen for them and draw them close to you. Use your servant in any way you desire, I’m always at your service.

Scripture Numbers10: [32] If you come with us, we will share with you whatever good things the LORD gives us.”

Observation: This could be the call of the Christian to those that don’t know our Lord. Ask others to join us and explain the heart of God to them and the good that He has stored up for those who follow His son. We need to share the blessings of God and one of those blessings is our testimony, how God brought us through our struggle. We are to share all that we have to those that God puts in our path. Time is getting short and there are so many that need to be saved and it’s up to us as Christians.

Application: This is also my calling to have others follow me as I follow Christ. I need to share all that God has done for me and what he has in store for His children. I have one main purpose and that is to spread the gospel to others, because my God wants none to perish.

Prayer: My Lord please give me wisdom, discernment, and courage to fulfill the calling you placed on my life. Draw me near that I will honor you with how I use the gifts you have given me to draw others to you.

Scripture Numbers 9:8 Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you.”

Observation: That is definitely one of my shortcomings, waiting. I hurry to do something without checking with the Lord or thinking it out and most of the time it ends in disaster. It’s more than just waiting it’s waiting until you hear from Him and doing what he commands. The Lord has a plan and a purpose and it’s to prosper us and give us hope and a future.

Application: I need to learn to wait on God and pray for direction before doing anything. I need to be committed to obey my Lord’s commands no matter what they might be. I need to be patient and wait on the Lord and if I don’t hear Him speak then wait until He does. Continue to study the bible to know His commands.

Prayer: Dear Lord I thank you for caring for me and wanting the best for me. Please guide me each day and speak so that I may hear your voice direct me in all that I do. I love you and want to be obedient to you Father.

Scripture Numbers 8: [11] Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the LORD.

Observation: What am I waiting for to do the work of the Lord? It’s not that He has nothing for me to do, otherwise why would I be here. I know God doesn’t make mistakes and He wouldn’t make anything that didn’t have some use so why am I not doing the work of the Lord. He has given me everything I need to do His work a testimony, wisdom, His word and most importantly the Holy Spirit. So why am I busier doing what I want to do instead of doing what I was created to do.

Application: I know what I need to do and I know what I shouldn’t be doing. God has given me instruction and a job to do here on earth so I will be better prepared to do it when I’m with Him. I need to be much more disciplined each day and rid myself of this laziness and get busy doing the work the Lord has put before me.

Prayer: My Lord I need you, please give me the discipline to do what you call me to do. Open doors for me to follow your leading in my life. Help me to be more disciplined in taking care of this body so that I will have the energy needed to do the work you call me to do. May I honor you with this life and be ready to work when I get home to You.