Victory over Sihon

Num 21:24-34         12/6/2017

God led the Israelites near the territory of the Amorites. Moses asked permission from Sihon, king of the Amorites, to pass through their land on the king’s highway. Sihon refused and attacked the Israelite community. The Israelites engaged in battle and won. They captured the territory of the Amorites.

Victory in the Wilderness.

The children of Israel didn’t seek this fight. It came to them. Through Sihon’s obstinacy, they were attacked. The Israelites prevailed and won territory in a place they weren’t really expecting to gain territory.

Jesus sat in the wilderness. Forty days. He did not provoke an attack. Yet His presence there was a provocation. And he was attacked. And He prevailed.

We remain here, and so we know that we haven’t “arrived”. This life is its own wilderness. And yet some days we too find a victory even in our wandering.

You, perhaps, didn’t seek engagement – it came to you. And yet having prevailed – you fear engagement less. You want victory more.

Now we find ourselves saying, “when can we engage? When will the victory be complete?”

When will we see Your face?

“Amen, Come, Lord Jesus!” Rev 22:20