A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey

I was thinking today about the people of Isreal and how God promised them a land flowing with milk and honey.

Exodus 3:8 - "So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites."

God promised to deliver them from captivity and suffering and bring them into a good and spacious land. Yet, there were two requirements for them to enter the promised land. The first was to have faith in God. They had to believe that God was great enough to defeat the giants in the land and their enemies. They had to believe in God's strength and provision for them. The second requirement was that they needed to obey his command to go into the promise land. We see that the people who were brought up out of Egypt failed in both requirements for their success and blessing. As result, they had to walk around in the desert for forty years. It was the new generation who believed God and obeyed him who ended up possessing the land of milk and honey.

You today may be in a difficult situation. You may be suffering. You may be wandering in the desert, not seeing the blessing of God. God has promised those who put their trust in Him and obey His commands blessing, protection, and prosperity.

Psalms 1:1-3 -"1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. 2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers. "

There will be times of suffering, and difficulty. There will be desert experiences. yet, God does not intend to leave us there. He wants to bless us. He does seek our good.

Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."


Yet, we are often in the desert and remain in the desert due to our lack of trust and obedience in Him. Let us be the new generation of people, not like our forefathers, and step out in faith and obedience. There is no situation to great for God. he wants to see you prosper and live in peace.