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I am currently reading through the Bible chronologically and loving it. This morning I was reading through Numbers 32 and was compelled by a story that i've read before.

In Numbers 32 the tribes of Ruben, Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh approach Moses and ask to posses the land that they had just acquired from defeating the Midianites, which was on the other side of the Jordan river from the Promised Land.

Not that big of a deal on the surface, but in the eyes of Moses is proposed a huge problem.
Moses was instantly reminded of the 10 spies that stirred up fear and pushed against crossing over into the promise land, and the last thing he wanted was another group of people who were willing to settle for less than the God's promise.

Moses fear was that if he allowed the tribes of Ruben, Gad and Manasseh to posses the land on this side of the Jordan, then the other tribes would want to settle here and never cross over to posses the land that God was promising them.

In verses 16, the tribes come back to Moses with a profound agreement.
They wanted to build pens for their livestock and fortified cities for their wives and children, but "we are ready to arm ourselves and go ahead of the Isrealites until we have brought them to their place."

What an amazing picture for us today!
I think so often we as Christians and leaders in the church come to a place of comfort and security in our relationship with Christ and when we arrive at this place of comfort, our tendency is to settle down and become self focused and driven.

But as the Rubenites, Gadites and Manasseh showed us, our call as leaders is not to settle and occupy. It is to forge the way until others have received their inheritance as well.
What our generation needs, is not a bunch of leaders who are spiritual settlers, but leaders who are willing to arm ourselves and lead them into battle, not for our own victory, but for theirs.

Blessings-
Josh