A FIELD OF OPPORTUNITY

As Joshua takes over the leadership of Israel they are camped in the grassy field called Shittim. Back in Numbers 25 this is the exact field where decades earlier Israel rebelled against God resulting in God sending a plague in which 23,000 Israelites died. Now they are back at the same grassy field as God now gives them the opportunity to break the rebellious cycle of their parents and grandparents. The sad truth is, and statistics point this out, that even though children hate the mistakes they see their parents make, they often tend to repeat them. God is giving Israel the opportunity to say, “It's time to break the cycle and say no to the rebellion of the past and begin to take steps of faith that can positively impact our children and grandchildren in their future.” Maybe you need that same opportunity. This is your chance to say, “There's a lot of past negative in my life, a lot of past mistakes that my grandparents and parents made, and that I've been making, but I'm not going to follow this pattern any longer. I'm going to take advantage of this opportunity to begin to take steps of faith and obedience that will positively affect my life and the life of my children and the life of my grandchildren.”