are you waiting for wagons and oxen? i was!

let's be honest... sometimes we read something (say, the bible) and it bores us, or puts us to sleep, or downright confuses us. i was reading my bible the other day (as i strive to read thru the bible in a year) and was wading through the book of numbers (which is full of words! who knew?).

here's what it says in numbers 7:6 & 9...

so moses took the wagons and oxen and presented them to the Levites (v.6)... but he gave none of the wagons or oxen to the Kohathite division, since they were required to carry the sacred objects of the tabernacle on their shoulders (v.9).

at first, this didn't mean anything to me. maybe i was just sleepy. but then God dropped this on me: there are times He will give us wagons and oxen and there are times He will want us to carry the objects.

what i'm learning in all this is that God will not make easier what wasn't intended to be easy.

God had called the kohathite division to carry the sacred objects of the tabernacle on their shoulders. this was their act of obedience, their burden to bear and because of this it was no accident or coincidence that God did NOT give them wagons and oxen as a gift. if He had done that, He would have removed their calling and their obedience.

God will not make easier what wasn't intended to be easy. And the truth is that following after God with our whole lives is NOT always easy. the faith comes into play when we are challenged to believe that the hard times are worth it. my prayer for you and for me is that we stop waiting for God to provide wagons and oxen and instead carry the sacred objects to the other side (the other side of where we are now). and let's not forget that God will be with us the entire time...