Unwilling

 Scripture:

“But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the Lord your God.” ‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭1‬:‭26‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Observation:

Moses is speaking to God’s people just before they entered into the Promised land after 40 years in the wilderness. He is retelling the story of sending in the 12 spies to look at the land. Of course 10 came back saying it was impossible and 2 said let’s go up at once. The people sided with the negative report instead of the faith-filled report. Here Moses describes them as “unwilling to go up.” 

Application:

The root of unwilling deals with the will. Our will is powerful and can wither be submitted to God or we can be self-willed. When a child doesn’t want to obey, we call them as strong-willed child. Our will must be submitted to Christ when we become a follower of His. We don’t want to be strong-willed, defiant, children of God. We want to be obedient children of God who live by faith instead of by our will. As for me, I want to live the Joshua and Caleb life, not be “unwilling” to do what God puts in front of me to do.

Prayer:

Lord God, You are great and glorious! You are awesome and powerful! Help me to always be willing to do what You ask of me. Teach me to beauty of obedience to You at all times. Help me to live a life surrendered to You at all times. I don’t want to be a strong-willed child, but a servant of the One True God. Give me a willing heart.

Forever Yours,

Jeff