“THE RABBLE THAT WAS AMONG THEM!”

Numbers 11:1-4                    (ESV)

The People Complain

“[1] And THE PEOPLE COMPLAINED in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes, and when the LORD heard it, HIS anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. [2] Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD, AND THE FIRE DIED DOWN. [3] So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the FIRE OF THE LORD burned among them.

[4] Now “THE RABBLE THAT WAS AMONG THEM” had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat!”

The TIMING of how and when THE LORD will work can be EXTREMELY difficult to comprehend or understand!!!  It was the month I turned twenty-two years old when I met the most beautiful woman I had ever met!  Approximately 555 days later we became husband and wife!  It now seems as though we were always together.  Forty two years ago (in a couple of weeks) we “tied the knot”, demonstrating that when GOD is waited on, the outcome is definitely something that is WORTH waiting for!!

In the focal passage of Scripture above are the Israelites and their accompanying “guests”.  Yes, the people who were with them are described as people who were “rabbles”, or as one dictionary suggests “A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng”.  “The Israelites” weren’t the ones who were “rabble rousers”, it was the influencers used by “the enemy” to accomplish anything other than what GOD had in store for HIS CHOSEN!  

We need to CONSTANTLY observe those who are attempting to lead us without an influence of the HOLY SPIRIT!  “THE RABBLE THAT WAS AMONG THEM” influenced the Israelites to follow their own desires instead of the PATH GOD had CHOSEN for them to travel. We MUST be careful NOT to become influenced by “THE RABBLE THAT WAS AMONG THEM” and KEEP OUR EYES on THE PLAN GOD has for us!!!  

By the way, my wife was DEFINITELY worth the wait!!!