Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
God's provision is even in the details. Now these were really significant details, but sometimes those are the ones that go most unnoticed. I wonder how many of the people had stopped to consider that they didn't need new outfits for 40 years and never had to make an appointment with a podiatrist. Sometimes we're so focused on the fact that we're in the desert that we don't recognize God's lavish provision. I'm trying to daily remind myself to hope and trust in that.
For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land...
That caught my attention because I was memorizing it in the waiting room of the consulate as I was applying for a visa to come here and the person helping me had a name that means "broom tree," a symbol of shade in the desert--also a picture of God's provision.
...a land where the bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing.
God's provision, again. This one really hit home today as we went grocery shopping for the first time while here. I have gained a new appreciation for grocery stores back in California. Even in that, the lesson is God's provision, right?
Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God...
And there it is. For me, it has to be a conscious decision that, having received much from God's hand, I don't get thick-headed and start thinking, "Wow, I've done a great job providing all this for my family." So when I consider the two-word lesson: "God's provision" (today's theme, I guess), I should not overlook the first word.
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