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We see, then, that they were not able to enter the land, because they did not believe. Hebrews 3:19 (TEV)
The saddest verse to me in the entire Bible is today's verse. It says the people of God were not able to enter the Promised Land because of their unbelief.
Think about this: For 400 years God planned the liberation of the Israelites from Egypt. To convince Pharaoh to let them go, God sent the various plagues to Egypt. He opened the Red Sea and he fed the Israelites with manna and quail. He took care of all of their needs as he brought them to the edge of the Promised Land.
But at the point of decision, God's people say, 'We can't do it.' And the Bible says because of their unbelief, they were not allowed to go in and they missed all that God had planned for their lives.
taken from "On the High Road to Surrender"
O My People, I bring you out of bondage as rapidly as you are able to cope with freedom. I have led you by the way of the wilderness because in the discipline of lack coupled with liberty, the soul learns true obedience to God and is strengthened in faith. The newly freed man, while rejoicing in his liberty, knows not how to use it wisely. The chains have fallen from his feet but the soul is still in fetters. Moses had 80 years of freedom before he led the children of Israel out of the bondage of Egypt. A slave could not have led them out. Only a free man could lead them out, for bondage generates dependence and destroys initiative and a sudden flight from Egypt does not immediately restore these powers. Slavery destroys the individual sense of responsibility. It denies man his personal dignity and forces him to be subject to man rather than to God. In all these areas there must be restoration when freedom is affected.
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