Tasting the Blessing

This is the view Moses had of the promised land from Mt. Nebo shortly before his death.

Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is across from Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the South, and the plain of the Valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land of which I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there." So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. (Deuteronomy 34:1-5)

If we are not careful we can sometimes see a blessing without being able to experience the blessing. The old saying that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush is a reminder that the blessing is not ours until we have embraced it.

Moses was a humble man that that failed to experience the promised blessing of a great land because of his lack of faith and/or obedience. Elisha the prophet prophesied of a great miracle in 2 Kings 7 and the king's messenger did not believe God could or would do such a thing. Elisha told him that he would get to see the blessing, but not taste of it (2 Kings 7:19).

God has a banquet laid out before us of great blessing, but unfortunatley there are many that never get to taste of the greatest blessings on the table because of their lack of faith. Hebrews 4:2 tells us that the Israelites failed to enter into God's rest because of their lack of faith in His Word.

Are you trying to embrace God's richest blessings without trusting in and living by God's Word?

If so, you may get to see them, but you won't get to taste them. Taste and see that the Lord is good, and His mercies endure forever.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.