Keep growing in God
Image via Wikipedia "And the LORD spake unto me, saying, Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward." ( Deuteronomy 2:2-3 ) This was the second time God had to rebuke Israel for staying too long in one place. Here they were camped adjacent to the region controlled by the descendants of Esau and thus kinsmen of the Israelites , but God told them to go on north toward Canaan. Long before, they had wanted to stay too long at Mount Sinai (same as Horeb ) where God had given the law to Moses. Finally, "the LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: . . . Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers" ( Deuteronomy 1:6, 8 ). It is possible for a Christian to become too satisfied with his level of attainment, when the Lord may well have something more for him to do. Possibly, like Israel at Sinai, we may be content to stay in a situation...