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Show Me the Way

Deuteronomy 1:22
"Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up and the cities which we shall enter.'"

Deuteronomy 1:32-33
But for all this, you did not trust the LORD your God, who goes before you on your way, to seek out a place for you to encamp, in fire by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go.

I've read these verses hundreds of times and yet this was the first time I saw the connection between them.  I've always known they sent twelve spies into the land, ten brought back fear and two encouraged them to follow God's call to take possession of the land.  But...

Two things jumped out at me this time.

Vs 22 -
  1. let us send men before us
  2. that they may bring back to us word of the way which we should go
Vs 33 -
  1. the LORD your God who goes before you on your way
  2. to show you the way in which you should go
Wow!  The LORD their God was already going before them and He was already showing them the way in which they should go, but they wanted men to go before them and tell them the way they should go.

LORD, thank You for showing this to me.  You have ignited a holy fear in me.  Help me, LORD.  I want to look for You and follow hard after You at all times.  I know You are trustworthy.  Help me to live like I do!  Amen.

Matthew 6:33; Romans 8:26-27; Philippians 1:6

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