Contemplative Bible Reading

Numbers 27:12-13 (New Living Translation)

12 One day the Lord said to Moses, “Climb one of the mountains east of the river, and look out over the land I have given the people of Israel. 13 After you have seen it, you will die like your brother, Aaron,

God is talking to Moses. Go do this. Then you will die. Wait a minute. Step 1: do something. Step 2: die.

If I don’t do Step 1, Step 2 won’t happen to me, right? Maybe? Is there a trick here or something? Who wants to die?

Moses did Step 1. Step 2 happened.

I have known people who were ready to die. I have known people who were happy to die. Life was too tough and had been too long already. Let’s move on.

This is not a happy topic. Is it? I don’t want to die, yet.

Still, Moses obeyed. Moses did Step 1 and Step 2 followed. Moses obeyed. What faith.