Forty years.
Moses spent more than 40 years making his way towards the promise land. On the way there, the Israelites rebelled against God, and God said that all of their current generation would not live to see the promise land…even Moses.
Can you imagine what Moses was thinking during those 40 years of trying to get to a land that God told him He wouldn’t allow him to go into? Moses must has been heartbroken, confused, tired, frustrated. Getting close to the promise land, Moses asks God:
“Please let me go over and see the good land…”. I can almost imagine that Moses was thinking that after all these years, God would see the effort he put in to bring the people there, and He would look down and have grace upon Moses, and let him enter into the land. He didn’t. God said no, and then told Moses to climb the mountain and look all around him. God allowed Moses to see the promise land with his eyes, but still forbade him to enter.
I don’t want to be like Moses.
I don’t want to go through life to only look back and see all of the potential that I have missed. See all the opportunities that I passed. I don’t want to climb the mountain and see the incredible things that God wanted for my life, only to not live it.
As I have now started my journey into Africa, my focus has changed. This is a land of magic. It’s a very spiritual land. The people are passionate. Their imagination is unrestrained. Emotion unreserved. Love irrefutable. Internet scarce.
It’s a time to completely embrace the Lord. A time to be forced into dependence on Him. A time to grow in intimacy with Him. A time to dream with Him. A time to ask Him what He has in store for me, and how I can prepare. A time to engage Him more than I ever have before.
