Promised Land

If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, ‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’

Numbers 14:8 NKJV

 

A devotion for September 15th through the 21st

 

“Let’s enter the exodus!”

She beams with glee

No more a slave

I am finally free!

 

God split the sea,

So I could walk on through, 

Isn’t he amazing! 

There’s nothing he can’t do! 

 

But then her days grew long

And sorrow filled her song

So quickly she forgot

So quickly she longed

 

To go back home

Cause surely that pain 

Was more bearable then this

In a God forsaken land

 

But he gave her manna

and she did eat

Yes he gave her water

From the rock flowing free

 

It always brought relief

To her suffering, brought peace

But not long and she forgot

Oh how he wished she would see

 

She begged to go home, 

but it was just as far away

As the promised land ahead

So she pulled through the pain

 

Snakes and a cross

She wondered and felt lost

She thought the only way out, 

Was to pull through the dross

 

“I’m searching for the promised land”

Was being said with no glee

Because what she wanted was physical

And that was never to be

 

What she needed to see

Was her need of him

And forty years of wilderness

Didn’t teach her a thing

 

He wanted her to enter

He wanted to see her beam

But she wouldn’t die to self

Nor surrender to him

 

So in the wilderness she stayed

To and fro she swayed

Oh how I wished she’d see

The promised land is He! 

 

But the story tells

That she never learned

Lord hold fast to me

I don’t want to be her! 

 

I want to see your beauty

Shining deep and through me

Lord give me strength to let go, 

To hold to you as my hope. 

 

Don’t let the pain distract me

Don’t let the heat beat on me

I want to focus on you

I want you to lead me

 

Into the promised land

Where it’s just me and you

Lord let me find my home

Deep in the heart of you 

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