Numbers 22: Be Ruthless With Unhelpful Things

Numbers 22: Be Ruthless With Unhelpful Things.   Numbers 33 is another one of those seemingly boring chapters that's actually quite significant. It starts with what's called a 'travelogue', a detailed itinerary of the route taken by these desert travellers and their various campsites. We might not be able to precisely identify all of these …

Numbers 21: Rhythms of Life

Numbers 21: Rhythms of Life.   Chapters 28 and 29 of Numbers may give you a sense of déjà-vu. Offerings and festivals? Haven't we been here before? But remember, this was spoken for the benefit of a new audience, a younger generation who either weren't born yet or were still too young to understand when these …

Numbers 20: Grace Unaware

Numbers 20: Grace Unaware.   Numbers has a surprising amount to teach us about grace. It's not normally a book associated this this word, but actually in amongst all the lists is a beautiful narrative all about God's grace. Yes, there is judgement too, the guilty don't go unpunished, but there is also so much …

Numbers 19: Blessings not Curses

Numbers 19: Blessings not Curses.   Very often the world contradicts the word of God and many voices and media carry messages and viewpoints quite contrary to those of God. We can't change that, but we can change how we respond, what we choose to believe.   Why do we so often doubt the word …