Too weak?

Is the Lord’s arm weak? (Numbers 11:23)

Those words struck me today.

Unlike Moses (14), unlike us, God is not weak.

Certainly not in his ability to keep his promises.

Certainly not in his ability to care for his people.

Certainly not in his discipline.

He shows all these things in this chapter.

But there’s one other area in which he is not weak.

Verse 23 reminded me of what God said in Isaiah 59:1.

Indeed, the Lord’s arm is not too weak to save, and his ear is not too deaf to hear. (Isaiah 59:1)

I wonder: do we ever despair of ever seeing God’s salvation?

In our own country?

In the lives of those we love?

When we look at all the sin and evil in this world, when we see the hardness of people’s hearts, it’s easy to despair.

But remember: the Lord’s arm is not too weak to save.

Remember this too:

Just as God poured his Spirit on the elders in Israel, he has also poured his Spirit on us. (Isaiah 59:21, Acts 2:17-18)

And he has poured his Spirit on us to proclaim his words of life to those around us. That’s not just our pastors’ job.

It’s ours.

Lord, pour out your Spirit in me as you did with Moses and the elders of Israel. As you did in the book of Acts.

Your arm is not too short to save. You saved me.

Now fill me with your Spirit and use me to save those around me. In Jesus’ name, amen.