THE OUT AND IN OF GOD’S PURPOSE

“Then He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in, to give us the land which He swore to our fathers.”  (Deuteronomy 6:23)

            The theme verse is part of a recitation by Moses of the plan and purposes of God for the nation Israel.  It should be noted that in this summary statement there was no provision for a 40-year period of wilderness wandering and no mention that a whole generation of those who had been brought out of Egypt had died during that period.

What is stated here is simply the purpose of God.  It was His intent that there be no lengthy gap between the “out” and the “in.”  Because of the unbelief of the people, God’s purpose was interrupted and its fulfillment delayed.

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The Apostle Paul has Israel’s history in mind when he said, “Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come” (1 Corinthians 10:11).  Therefore we are justified in applying this lesson to ourselves personally and relate it to our Christian life.

God didn’t deliver us from our slavery to sin, only to leave us wandering in a wilderness-like experience for the rest of our earthly lives.  The Canaan provision was not a type of heaven but of an earthly life of victory over the power of sin.  There were battles to be fought, but the victories were assured as the people believed and obeyed God’s Word.  It is His purpose for the Christian to enter Canaan blessing directly upon his being delivered from the slavery of sin through salvation.  He should not settle for less.  Unbelief and disobedience rob us of the realization and enjoyment of God’s purpose.  Are you “out” but encountering wilderness defeat, or are you “in” and experiencing Canaan victories?  God has given you the “land” of spiritual blessing, but are you claiming it by faith? — Pastor William A. Raws, grandson of America’s Keswick founder, William Raws, wrote this devotional for our daily devotional, Real Victory for Real Life.

Team You: Isaiah 49-50; Proverbs 11; Colossians 3

Motivations: My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”~ Abraham Lincoln

Practice to Remember: Level 1:James 1:17; Level 2: James 1:19-27

Powered Up:  If we look on prayer as a means of developing ourselves, there is nothing in it at all, nor do we find that idea of prayer in the Bible. – Oswald Chambers