Listen To What God Is Saying. Do What He Says.

God spoke (Numbers 1:1). His people obeyed (Numbers 1:54). This is the constant pattern of the life of the life of faith. We hear the Word of God. We obey the Word of God. The names of God’s people differ from place to place. The pattern of their life remains the same.

We find the same pattern in Numbers 2. God speaks (Numbers 2:1). His people obey (Numbers 2:34).

The pattern is also repeated in Numbers 3 and 4. Both of these chapters begin with God’s Word (Numbers 3:1; 4:1). They end with our obedience (Numbers 3:51; 4:49).

When we read so much that is unfamiliar to us, we must look for the Word that comes to us in our present day as a Word from the Lord, who is “the same yesterday and today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).

Hear and obey. Listen to what God is saying. Do what He has said.

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This post is taken from my notes on Numbers.