October 22, 2017 - 1st Service Suggested Reading Numbers 11

But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!” 

Numbers 11:29 (NIV) 

Moses was discouraged by the people’s attitude towards God. They were grumbling - God was killing them - and Moses had enough! He says to God “Please kill me now! My task of leading your people is impossible!” The amazing response from the LORD (and the central point of this chapter) is to have Moses select 70 elders, gather them around the tent of meeting, and when God came down in the cloud to talk with Moses, the power of the Spirit transferred onto these men for a time. More questions then answers come from this chapter- but it seems pretty clear that Moses received the encouragement he needed to carry on as the leader of God’s people. The Lord was similarly encouraged when He heard reports of the Spirit’s power working thru the seventy He sent out. Here we are today in 2017 and Moses’ wish has come true! God has put His Spirit on all of us, every single Christian in our church has the Holy Spirit and the power of the Spirit- His Word is true, His people are all prophets, and what an encouragement it is to be a leader among the Spirit filled and led people of Parkdale.