Full
Of The Spirit Of Wisdom
Then
Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah,
which is opposite Jericho, and the LORD showed him the whole land; Gilead as
far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and
Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the Plain – that is, the valley of Jericho, the
city of palm trees – as far as Zoar. The LORD said to
him, “This is the land of which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob,
saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants’; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not cross over there.” Then Moses, the
servant of the LORD, died there in the
Joshua
son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, because Moses had laid his hands
on him; and the Israelites obeyed him, doing as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Never
since has there arisen a prophet in
Deuteronomy 34:1-12
It
has been said that each of us lives our lives as books, one chapter at a time.
If you think your most fruitful years are behind you, remember you are writing
a chapter right now. Learn to live each day with contentment in the present.
Near
the end of Moses’ life, God showed him the Promised Land. Clearly, he had
accomplished his mission in life. But he did not long for the miracles of the
past. Instead, Moses was content to obey God in the present. In his sunset
years, he mentored Joshua to be his successor.
Living contentedly in the present
has a way of
making us productive
for a lifetime
– for God’s glory.
Our Daily Bread –