Find encouragement and insight for your walk with God through these devotionals.
The Israelites were a buzz of negativity. They didn’t want to listen to Moses or to the two good reports given by Joshua and Caleb concerning the Promised Land. They simply chose to believe the ten negative reports and only wanted to turn back to Egypt in a frantic state. But finally after all the […]
Twelve scouts were sent out to spy out the Promised Land. Ten of them returned with a devastating report. They were convinced that they will all die if they decide to take on the ‘giants’ in the Promised Land. And they shared their convictions with all the other Israelites and started to spread this negative […]
This morning the Lord reminded me of His genealogy in Matthew 1. As I paged towards it I noticed in the genealogy of Jesus that five women were mentioned. Normally they only name the men as the origin of the man determines the tribe to who the Jew belongs to, but here in Matthew, five […]
I would like to wish you all a happy new year. May God bless your endeavors, your family and your dreams, but above all may you grow closer to Him. And through growing closer to Him, I believe that this is the year that each of us must step in and do something for His […]
The twelve scouts went out to explore the Promised Land, the land of milk and honey promised to them. They came back and confirmed exactly what God had said, it is a beautiful wonderful land! Indeed a land of plenty and they brought back the fruit to prove it. But then they continued with their […]
Finally after all the hardship and complaining in the wilderness the Israelites reached the border of the Promised Land. Moses did what any good leader would do; he listened to the Lord and sent out twelve men to spy out the land, one from each tribe. He told them to see what the land was […]
Aaron and Miriam criticized Moses like we discussed last week. They criticized him because they were jealous of him. They wanted more honor and glory for themselves. But God exposed their true motives and punished them by giving Miriam leprosy. They were quickly very sorry about their sinful attitude that they had. ‘Aaron cried out […]
The Israelites were mumbling and groaning about their lot in the wilderness and it was all getting too much for Moses. He cried out to the Lord for help and the Lord gave him 70 other men who could help him in his task of leading the Israelites. It would ease his burden somewhat. But […]
The Israelites started complaining again, something that they were very good at. First they complained about the hardship they had to bear and God punished them for it as we saw last week. Then they started to complain about the manna that God gave them. “Oh, for some meat!” They exclaimed. “We remember all the […]
America, My Beloved Country, how I long for you. How I long for you to love Me again as you use to. You were My pride and joy, a nation seeking and loving Me. You were like a dear child sitting on My lap, embracing Me with an innocent love. Where has that innocence gone? […]
The Israelites followed the Lord when the cloud lifted from the Ark and settled again when the cloud of God stopped. But this proved to be tiresome. They had to break and set up camp a number of times and soon enough they didn’t want to follow the Lord anymore. They started doing what they […]
The Israelites moved forward in an orderly fashion and God was pleased. As we spoke last week, He is a God of order and works through order. Obviously He can work through chaos too, as He is almighty, but we learn right through the Bible that ‘order’ is one of His characteristic and therefore He […]
As we learned from last week, the Israelites moved when God’s cloud lifted up from the Tabernacle and they camped when God’s cloud stopped and rested on the Tabernacle. They followed God’s perfect leading. But when I read this something struck me and that was the order by which the Israelites were instructed to move. […]
The Israelites moved at God’s command. Whenever the cloud above the Tabernacle moved, they moved and when it stayed, they stayed. They followed and obeyed. ‘Whether the cloud stayed above the Tabernacle for two days, a month, or a year, the people of Israel stayed in camp and did not move on. But as soon […]
On Saturday there was a big party at one of the corporate companies about 5 kilometres (as the crow flies) from our home. They started when the rugby started at 17:00 and they continued until we went to bed. The disturbing part for us was that they never stopped. The music got louder and louder […]
We were in the Waterberg for the long weekend. At the lodge we stayed at we went for a guided walk to a cave with Bushmen paintings in. On our way to the cave the guides showed us an interesting plant. The plant looked dead. It was dried up and withered. The guide broke a […]
I mentioned last week that we live right next to the Irene Research Farm. And a month ago there was a runaway fire on the farm that nearly burned down some of the houses on the estate. But thankfully the fire was brought under control. Now this week on the other side of the farm […]
We live right next to the Irene Research Farm. It is a privilege, because we can see the ground being cultivated, we can see planting time and we can see the harvest. We also see and hear the cattle roaming just across from the cultivated fields. Now a month ago there was a run-away fire […]
My kids love sweets and chocolates like most other kids I suppose. I don’t want them to eat too much of it as I know that it is not the best healthy choice for them. So what I do is I put the sweets and chocolates in the highest cupboard possible in our kitchen and […]
Prophecy over South Africa After praying and asking the Lord for His Will over South Africa, the following message came to me on Thursday night, 22 August 2013 at 1:11 am: “Arise My people in South Africa. Arise from every tribe, language and color. The rams horns are blowing for all to hear. The time […]