Letter to Through The Word (TTW) ministry - Book of Numbers & Leviticus
I've been deep diving to learn about the bible in context - the people, the customs, the history, etc. And TTW starts me in the bible and gives info all along the way. While going through the book of Numbers I decided to go through Leviticus at the same time. That may have been a mistake on my part.
Leviticus is hard, but not because it's boring - Thanks Peyton Jones. It's very informative... And it points out that, no not one is without sin.
You see, I can be a perfectionist with some things and that truly has served me well for certain projects and jobs. But in relationships and personal matters, perfectionism has caused me to fail miserably. So I guess going through Numbers at the same time as Leviticus ended up helping me. How?
Well, every Christian on planet earth is the Israelites leaving Egypt, so to say. We fail badly and yet God keeps His promises to us, knowing that we will fail. We grumble. We choose idols. (Consider the phrase 'choose idols' as an old term for selfishness.) We grumble again. We choose idols again, but this time we choose a different one. You follow what I'm saying right? i.e. We keep sinning again and again. (Of course over time as we learn and apply God's Word to our life and submit to Him, we grow and mature in our faith - the goal is aiming and becoming more like Jesus throughout a lifetime.)
So we will never be totally without sin in this lifetime, but long ago in Genesis, God had a plan to send Jesus through the nation of Israel... And praise God He is my Savior and Lord today! And I'm thankful He has been for several decades now. Now back to my point...
I see God's unfailing love in the book of Numbers! Wow! I didn't know that I was going to see God's Unfailing Love as an overall message when I decided to go through the book of Numbers. Truly everything in the bible points to Jesus! (From Genesis to Revelation it's God's love for us, shown through Jesus.) And I saw Jesus in the book of Numbers!
So where the book of Leviticus convicts the heart that it's sinful, the book of Numbers, when read through to the end, shows God keeping His promises, being with us even as we fail, teaching and leading us as He get us ready to enter the promised land!
I've gone through so much since big covid in 2020. I married my high school sweetheart (35+ years later). Yea! But even before that, I started taking care of my soon to be father-in-law. But after covid my father-in-law fell and showed signs of the end stages of Alzheimer's... Unfortunately I just didn't know what Alzheimer's was yet. So my world grew exceedingly small, exasperatingly quickly. It was over a year before a diagnosis, but my father-in-law, who is also my friend still has Alzheimer's and there is no cure yet. A long goodbye is hard! We learned, we moved forward then we just moved towards failure. Hey, it's Alzheimer's. Now we have lots of help but this journey is not over. The hard part is this journey ends with death. The good part is... Oh yes, there is a good part, even though all of this.
The good part is that the point is not about the end of this particular journey... The Journey is life and God unfailingly loves us throughout our life!
My husband and I, of over 3 years now, are moving forward into the promised land that God has for us, now and in our near future. And because of Through The Word, the road trip has helped me to get ready for the wonderful promises of God! My husband and I are new to Through The Word - since Genesis for me and since Exodus for my hubby. It's a routine that we enjoy. We recently had a second bout with covid again and didn't do a single routine for almost two straight weeks... Covid still stinks! But we are back on track Through The Word and looking forward, as well as up! Thank you Kris Langham and all that give to TTW! I love going through the bible with TTW. It makes it easier for me to read my bible, learn about context and seeing the big picture. But it also helps me to dig deeper, especially the nifty side B 's. TTW is helping me to steadily and with a plan to go through my bible. That's a great help! I had not reread through the bible for a few years. I read my bible daily, but not this way. I see God's hand and He is using TTW in my journey.
Hugs and Blessings,
Debbie H
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