DEUTERONOMY 34:4
Then and there God said to him, This is the land I promised to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with the words 'i will give it to your descendants.' I've let you see it with your own eyes. There it is. But you're not going to go in.
As i read this, i began to think- What if God said this to me? What if God took me somewhere and let me have a full view of what he has promised? What if i could behold everything that God has in store for my life?
I see it like this- i'm standing up at Coronado Heights. The vast Kansas flatland stretches miles in front of me, and the fields of brown and green run back and forth chasing the wind. And then God shows up and starts talking to me like he talked to Moses. He shows me who he is making me to be, how he is going to use me in amazing ways, and all the great potential he is giving me to influence others for His name. For a moment, I stand amazed at the magnificent promise he has given through me.
Then he says a few simple words- "But you're not going in."
How crushed would i be? I've seen what God has promised and then he says i can't go in and fulfill it??
And there is one reason: I messed up. I got in the way. I took too much glory.
So maybe God isn't going to meet me on Coronado Heights. And maybe he isn't going to let me see everything in advance. But i think he has already shown up in plenty of places and given plenty of glimpses of his promise. I know he has big plans. And i know he's making me into someone who can carry his name exactly where it needs to go.
God, just don't let me get in the way.
Love this.
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