Good morning, Precious Family:

I pray the Peace of the Lord to ALWAYS be with each and every one of you. God’s peace is a peace that passes all understanding in any situation.

Hey, Family (waiving)

I’m my head, right now, I sound like Sherri Shepherd (American actress, comedian, and talk show host) when she is greeting her audience. She always says, “Hey, Family,” and they respond, “Hey Sherri.” LOL

SUGGESTON: Today’s letter is somewhat long. You may want to go and get some coffee, tea, or a little snack and then come back. I dont want you to rush through today’s letter and miss something that you may really need.

Family, can I ask you a question?

How well do you think you know yourself?

Are you in denial about any area(s) of your life? Are there areas of your life that you are pretending NOT to see?  Is it because you know the work involved to fix it would be time-consuming and maybe even hard?

If I am honest, which I don’t want to be right now, I would have to say. “Yes.” I know that more than once, God has told me to become more disciplined in certain areas of my life.

For example, God will give me a little spiritual “nudge” to go study or read, but at that particular time, I may be watching something on tv or doing something that I really enjoy. It’s hard for me, at times, to break away from what I’m doing to go read, pray, or worship. Some days, the loudness of my human flesh is louder than my spiritual side, if I’m being completely honest.

Unfortunately, my decision not to listen to the “nudge” comes with consequences. Shortly after ignoring, without fail, I will find myself in a situation where I really could have used that study time, prayer time, alone time, cleaning time, or resting time that the Holy Spirit was trying to tell me that I needed.

I think of Moses, from the Old Testament, who was God’s chosen person to lead the people of Israel out of slavery from Pharaoh and into The Promised Land. What is heart-breaking is that after forty years of traveling, Moses would find himself not being allowed to step into the very Promised Land.

Moses was a man who loved God. God chose Moses to be His mouthpiece to the people by way of the Ten Commandments. Moses was God’s “Person” so to speak.

So why was he not allowed to step into the very Promised Land he journeyed to get to? Moses was using a previous word that God gave him, the last time the people were thirsty. Moses did not take the time to go back to God to ask what he should do now. That ONE DECISION cost him everything…

Ok, so here is what happened…

One day, while in the desert, God’s chosen people, who were being fed by God with manna from heaven (and sometimes meat), kept grumbling to Moses that they were thirsty. Moses followed God’s instructions to speak to the rock in one instance for water to come forth and to strike stone with his rod in the second instance, and water came from the stone.

A short time later, the people were grumbling again that they were still thirsty. Moses, out of frustration, just did what God told him to do the last time, but this time, he struck the struck the stone twice. Remember, with God, all things have meaning.

Holy Scriptures

Numbers 20:1-12

New International Version

Water From the Rock

20 In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

² Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron. ³ They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord! ⁴ Why did you bring the Lord’s community into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here? ⁵ Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates. And there is no water to drink!”

⁶ Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them. ⁷ The Lord said to Moses, ⁸ “Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”

⁹ So Moses took the staff from the Lord’s presence, just as he commanded him. ¹⁰ He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” ¹¹ Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

¹² But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”

Worship Song For Waiting

Family, I know some time we want the easiest and quickest way out of an uncomfortable situation, but we must learn to wait on the Lord. If we don’t, we could end up forfeiting our Promise. Don’t allow the enemy to steal your stuff. Wait on God.

I love you with the amazing love of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Wait on Him. He our Rock and Supply.

Your sister,

Rev. Marcia Davis

Covington, GA