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Discipleship Focus: Character
- Character: Having the interior life that is necessary to support the work that God sets before a person. It is hearing from God and obeying. It is doing the right thing when nobody is looking.
In Numbers 11 we have display after display of horrible character
traits among God’s people. The people
grumble against Moses. God judges
against them and brings about fire. The
people complain about the fire and Moses prays for them. The fire resides, and you would think the
people would be relieved.
But they’re not relieved.
They grumble against the divine food with which God has blessed
them. So God gives them quail, but then
curses those who craved after the quail more than they craved the food from God’s
own hand. That speaks volumes about
character right there, does it not?
Here’s the thing. Our
character is always on display. Our
character is on display when things are going well. Are we a braggart or a person who hogs the
spotlight? Our character is on display
when things go poorly. Are we a
complainer or a pessimist or a stumbling block to others? Our character is on display when we have
much. Are we generous and
compassionate? Our character is on
display when we have nothing. Do we
trust in the Lord to provide for our needs?
Our character is always on display in every situation. The question that we need to ask ourselves is
whether or not we are doing the right thing.
Is our character actually the character that God would desire us to
have?
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