Mon., 5/18/20 Devotion (Num. 27:5)

Today's encouragement comes from Numbers 27:5, where we read these words:

"So Moses brought their case before the LORD."

This "case" mentioned here (above) was that of Zelophehad's daughters, who sought to maintain their familial inheritance in Israel, despite the fact that their father had no sons. The inspired Scriptures, to that point, did not deal specif-ically with such situations; therefore, Moses had to specially seek God's will on the matter (in prayer).

*That* is still a good principle for us, today. In circumstances where the ques-tion is not distinctively "spiritual," moral, or ethical—and hence, where it is not addressed (at least in principle) in the written Word of God—we should still seek the Lord's guidance. The question, "Should I buy the red car, or the blue one?" may not appear to be all that significant—but it is, if one of them is about to fall apart.

[Puritan quote of the day: "The word preached is Christ's voice in the mouth of the minister; and those that refuse to hear Christ speaking in the ministry, Christ will refuse to hear speaking on their death-bed.” —Thomas Watson, in, "A Body of Divinity"]