Self-Realization

Num 1:44-2:2         10/10/2017

The fledgling Israelite nation has 603,550 men who are ready for military service.

Like a college commencement or a boot camp completion ceremony, the census has the effect of creating awareness within the Israelite community of just how powerful they potentially were.

Whether an ancient or even a modern army; 600,000 men is a sober thing. The sheer numbers are formidable. Numbers like these require any potential adversary to take seriously the possibility of conflict.

There is in this a sudden realization that you are potentially much stronger than you had consciously realized.

Think about your faith community. Look around at the families with whom you worship.

Your community is stronger more capable than they realize.