Then Moses
went up to Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab and climbed Pisgah Peak, which is
across from Jericho. And the Lord showed him the whole land, from
Gilead as far as Dan; (Deuteronomy
34:1 NLT)
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| Keep Your Eye On The Prize |
The Lord took Moses to the peak of Mount
Nebo to die. He looked down at all the
land of Canaan where will not be permitted to enter. With death on his doorstep, at some point, he
must have stopped looking down and peered upward to his heavenly Canaan that
would be far more glorious than any earthly inheritance.
That moment on Mount Nebo must have been
bittersweet. He will not enter the land
he has sought his whole life but takes great delight in knowing that Joshua and
his people will fulfill his quest. At
this point in the story, we tend to dwell on the temporal loss instead of the
eternal gain, his inability to cross the Jordan River instead of the glorious
passage of that great river. The moment
he passed from life to death, his remembrance of Canaan must have paled in
comparison to the splendor of his heavenly inheritance. He was finally home with the Lord. It has often said that people can be so
heavenly minded that they are not earthly good.
I am sure this can be true, but it is also correct that you can be so
earthly minded that you have no heavenly vision.
My dear Christian friends, no matter how
glorious the past was, the future is always brighter. There is great satisfaction in our temporal
pursuits, but our eternal rewards are always greater. So my blessed brothers and sisters keep your
eye on the prize, and the prize is nothing less than the Lord Jesus himself.
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Ken
Barnes the author of “The Chicken Farm and Other Sacred Places” YWAM Publishing
Email: kenbarnes737@gmail.com
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Email: kenbarnes737@gmail.com
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