Never Stop

As soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it (Numbers 11:25).

In my daily reading of a chapter a day, I was reading Numbers 11. I saw how Isreal complained against God and how God took care of them still. I read how God told Moses to gather 70 elders to help him with aiding Israel. In this particular part, the elders came to the tent of meeting and the Holy Spirit rested upon them and they began to give praise and similar expressions of worship without training. This reminds me of the New Testament tongues of fire resting upon the apostles in Acts 2.

What is interesting about this verse, these 70 elders started to prophesy but did not continue. I may be reading into this but it does not say, "God had them stop." It says they did not continue. It also does not say, "These men refused to continue." I do not know who did the stopping but we do know that this was a one time occurance. All I know is that I would not want to stop being used like this and even today, I desire to be used by God in all different avenues of life. If these men were scared or did not know what to think this was a one time thing.

Have you ever been used and knew that it was of the Lord? It is kind of exciting as well as scary because we do not know what the future has for us. I just know that I love being able to be used by God. It is a great thing and I would hate for it to end. You are used by the Lord, and I pray that you will never stop wanting to be used no matter what capacity that is.

God Bless,

PJ