Trust in the LORD, and do good; So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
Delight thyself also in the LORD; And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
In this Biblical reference dwelling in the land is metaphorical imagery for our faithfulness, doing all that Our Father asks of us.
The desires of our heart emerge into our conscious understandings when we choose to share our life's gifts with those who by apparent coincidence enter our orbit. In Biblical language our heart symbolises the presence of The Saviour within our life, when we respond to His invitation to let Him shepherd us through our life's journey.
“Trust in the Lord and do good” begins with our free choice to trust the flow of counselling bubbling into our understandings leading us through our day filled with challenges, as well as the occasional joyous moment.
Moses understood that the promised land is living our life, liberated from the control of The Pharaoh. We cease to be a slave by choosing to be led through our life by our greatest friend, also known to us as Our Father. In the context of time Moses understood that Our Father's promises were being kept day, by day on his journey of self discovery. In other words time was not of the essence, for Moses was receiving the benefits of his solid faith in The Father's words leading Moses into a land flowing with milk, and honey.
I have deliberately introduced the time element into this post, to illustrate that in our eagerness to reap the benefits of the promises made to us by Our Father we can become frustrated, even impatient with what appears to be the slow pace of our life's journey realising our dreams. Many lose their faith angry that God appears not to have delivered on His promises. It took the liberated Israelites some forty years living in the desert before they arrived in what has become Israel. Moses would die en route to Israel.
I am offering a film link that particularly pleases me for its easy willingness to offer its audiences the pleasure of being entertained by what appears to be a time slip, or time merging within the framework of a romance crossing the barriers of time. This is a fantasy picture that should be appreciated for its attempt to teach us that freting over time can divert us from our real need to focus on living in the moment. This is one reason why Jesus tells his listeners in Matthew 6:33 to “Keep seeking first the kingdom of God.”
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