Chronological Bible Reading – February 28

Psalms 119:133 Order my steps in Your Word; and do not let any iniquity rule over me.
Chronological Bible Reading for February 28
Numbers 11-13

Numbers 11:1 – Don’t complain to God but seek Him for guidance. Mary accepted the duty God laid on her but did not understand how it would come to be.
Numbers 11:8 – This manna tastes good but they want other food. This manna provides everything that they need and is provided by God directly. But as stated earlier they lusted for other flavors and textures, remembering their “easy” life in Egypt under the taskmasters that would demand the killing of their infant sons. The grass is always greener over the septic tank and leach lines.
Numbers 11:14 – Moses feels so overburdened with the care of the people when they are thinking about themselves and their wants rather than God’s provision.
Numbers 11:16 – These seventy positions would later be called the Sanhedrin.
Numbers 11:17 – Now God tells Moses to divide the responsibility of leadership as Jethro advised earlier.
Numbers 11:20 – Be careful what you ask for.
Numbers 11:21 – Does not God provide enough manna to feed the whole population for five days a week and twice as much on the sixth?
Numbers 11:23 – Moses why do you of all people try to put limits on what God can do? God IS all powerful.
Numbers 11:29 – Were they jealous for themselves or for Moses’s sake? The disciples of Jesus made a similar statement when others were baptizing that were not in their little group. We are not to be jealous of God’s word being disseminated by others but be glad of God’s success in their lives.
Numbers 11:31 – WOW! Quail a yard deep twenty miles on each side of the camp!
Numbers 11:34 – Again be careful what you ask for!
Numbers 12:1 – The scripture shows many examples of foreign women being brought into Israelite families and they are always showing reverence to God and His plan.
Numbers 12:4 – Come out here. I’m going to make an example out of you.
Numbers 13:2 – Here God is allowing them to see the goodness of the land promised to Abraham to encourage them to make a good report. This also will reveal that the people are not yet trusting God to fight their battles but relying on their own abilities.
Numbers 13:18 – Moses, do you also doubt? With God fighting for you it does not matter if they are strong, many, or bad, God will make it fit for the people when He commands they go in.
Numbers 13:31 – Yes, they are stronger than you but they are not stronger than God. I am reminded of an Olympic diving competition where the better divers were from China and other countries. The U.S. diver would normally not get a medal for the dives she performed but for some reason the other divers made mistakes in their form and entry. After winning, the U.S. diver was asked how she felt and she replied “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”. God must have wanted that message to get out to someone to show that He is the one that determines the outcome. Yes, she was trained and did well herself, but not a winning performance until God determined the winner.