THE BRIDGE UP AHEAD

by an Old Disciple of Christ

“And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.”

Though our Lord is omniscient, He does not always cross all the t’s and dot all the i’s in advance. Knowing the end from the beginning, He is certainly capable of it. Yet, in spite of His foreknowledge, He waits until some things arise to give His verdict on them.

In Numbers chapter twenty-seven, we have such a situation. A difficult problem arose in the lives of some of God’s people, and a solution had to be sought from the Lord. In all His commandments, laws, and practical precepts, He chose not to cover this particular difficulty till it came up.

I believe God is teaching us in this incident to not worry about crossing certain bridges until we come to them. Whenever the unexpected and unforeseen pops up, it is then that we can go to the Lord for the solution. Until then, let’s go by the things that lie before us and that we know for sure.

Anticipating uncertain problems in the future can create bigger ones in the present.