The 42nd generation stops en route to your destiny (Pt. 2)
In yesterday’s blog I began sharing Andrew Shearman’s revelation of the 42nd Generation. I continue it below:
As
we move toward our destiny, we can feel the
children of Israel. They set out on a
40-year journey to go to the Promised Land.
They made stops in 41 cities (recounted in Numbers 33). They are
imaginary wilderness cities named after how the Israelites were feeling
at the time. The meaning of the name of each city
represents an issue in the lives of the Israelites that they needed to
deal
with to get to the Promised Land. And we too, en route to our destiny
must move beyond our feelings en route to our destiny.
Their fourth stop along their
journey was Marah. “Marah” means
bitterness. They complained because the
water was very bitter. It may be true
that you have good reasons to be bitter, you probably do. But holding on to our bitterness cripples our
personality. We have got to let it
go. If you still insist on being bitter,
there is nothing anyone can do for you. God calls all of us to be ministers of
salvation, givers of life. We cannot do
that if we stay in our bitterness.
The 12th stop
that the Israelites
made on their journey was the city of Kibroth Hattaavah. The name of
this city means “grains of lust.” Lust is not just about sex. It could
be a car you want. If I lust that
means I want something that is not righteously mine to have. God wants
us to have everything that is
righteously ours. God wants us to enjoy
life.
The 20th stop along
the journey is a city with a name that means “fear.” We have a fear of the future. The devil you know is better than the devil
you don’t know. We were born to fight the enemy, not fear him. We know that no weapon formed against us will
prosper. We have not been given a spirit
of fear, but of power, and love, and a sound mind.
The 22nd stop along
the way was a place that means “depression.” As the children of Israel traveled through the wilderness
they experienced depression. They needed
to put on the garment of praise to fight the depression and so do we. God desires wants us to put on the garment of
praise and shout joyfully to him.
The 23rd stop on their
journey was Terah. That means “delay”
and “slow, rolling disappointment.” The
Israelites encountered many disappointments along the way and God wanted them
to get over their spirit of disappointment.
We will have disappointments in our lives, but we can choose to get
healed of them and move on to maturity.
The 35th stop along
their journey was a city that meant “distraction.” One of the rules of warfare is not to get
distracted. You will be attacked! Take the blows; take the wounds and keep
going!!
Stop number 36 was Oboth. That mean “familial spirit.” God wants to get us past the little horoscope
type deals. He wants us to know for sure
the sound of his voice. Stop number 38
meant “weeping and pining”. The
Israelites wept and pined about their time in Egypt. “You brought us out here to die. We would have been better off there as
slaves.”
They finally arrived at the 42nd
stop, crossing over the Jordan and moving into destiny. Joshua was their leader. They were surrounded by miracles for 40
years. God provided manna for their
food, water from a rock, and day of rest every week. But their hearts were still
uncircumcised.
And
such were some of us. God has taken us on a long journey through
hardship and complaining en route to our destiny. Looking back, we see
the places where we stumbled and wanted to camp, but destiny came as we
pressed on, moving beyond the temptation to wallow in our problems and
moving toward our true identity and inheritance. If we will just
persevere, God will lead us across the Jordan and into a land of
promise.
Continued in: The 42nd Generation is about getting inheritance (pt. 3)
