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Observations from today’s readings and today’s S-WOD, Thursday, 27 March 2025:
Numbers 10:8, 9 – The trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. And when you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies.
God’s plan is that all of God’s people would be ready to respond to the call to support one another through adversity. How well is the global church today working together to protect the global body from adversaries?
Numbers 10:12 – …and the people of Israel set out by stages from the wilderness of Sinai.
Millions of God’s people moved in a very organized fashion, based upon the plan that they had established under God’s direction. The church cannot function with unity of effort and action if it doesn’t have a plan to do so, if every person doesn’t understand their specific duties and responsibilities as part of the larger whole.
Numbers 10:31 – And he said, “Please do not leave us, for you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.”
The people followed the cloud of the Lord, but God also used Moses’ father-in-law to instruct the people in some specifics. God leads us in many ways, often though other godly people who have knowledge and skills that we do not have. God intentionally made us relational, to rely on Him and others.
“Cross” Fit S-WOD (Spiritual Workout of the Day) – 27 March 2025: Today, consider how effective you are at serving and supporting your church generally but also specifically. Pray that God would show you how you can serve more intentionally and effectively.
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