"How Much Longer?"

“How Much Longer?”

The LORD said to Moses, “How much longer will these people reject Me?  How much longer will they refuse to trust in Me, even though I have performed so many miracles among them?”      Numbers 14:11



This was God’s message to Moses, because of ALL the complaining of the people, who were in distress, over their trek through the wilderness.  They were so disgruntled with the way God, through Moses, was leading them, so much so, that they even thought it would have been better to die in Egypt, and even talked about choosing another leader and go back to Egypt!”  Where was their TRUST in God?”



So God said to Moses, “How much longer, will these people REJECT Me?”  The first thought that entered my mind when I read this Scripture, was:  I wonder if God, NOW, looks at Jesus, His One and Only Son, who SUFFERED and DIED on an Old RUGGED Cross, to REDEEM or SET FREE mankind, from their BONDAGE to SIN, and to provide an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN for their wretched souls.  I wonder if God says to Jesus, “How much longer, will these people REJECT Me?”  And, How much longer, will they REFUSE to TRUST in Me, for their ETERNAL DESTINY?”



Do UNBELIEVERS not realize what awaits them? Which is an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE.  Will they CONTINUE to REJECT God’s offer of SALVATION?  And will they REFUSE to TRUST Him for their ETERNITY, after ALL He has done to secure their SALVATION, and to provide them with RIGHTEOUSNESS?  “HOW MUCH LONGER,” will they wait to get their HEARTS RIGHT with God?  Time is fleeting and so is their opportunity to TURN AWAY FROM their sinful lifestyle, and to TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART. They MUST BE WILLING to CONFESS their sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  They MUST BELIEVE, with ALL their HEART, that Jesus died for them, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for them, before God.  They MUST ACCEPT GOD’s gift of SALVATION, and TRUST HIM with their ETERNAL DESTINY.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!