Today I was in deep thought after reading something. It reminded me of recovery.
The Command to Leave Horeb
Deuteronomy 1-2
1 These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
Why did it take the Israelites 40 years to make an 11day journey?
“The 40 years Wilderness wandering” refers to the plight of the Israelites due to their disobedience and unbelief in God.
The Israelites had seen the powerful hand of God at work during the plagues and miracles of the Exodus. Yet, like many people, they walked by sight and not by faith, and their unbelief displeased God.
“Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6). Their failure to believe in God’s word kept them from entering the Promised Land.
Their lack of belief in God’s word and promises brought forth the wrath of God. He cursed them with forty years of wilderness wandering walking around in circles.
In Deuteronomy 2:3 NIV
Then the LORD said to me, 3 “You have made your way around this hill country long enough; now turn north.
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