Numbers 16.28-30 World English Bible

‘If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh hasn’t sent me.
Sometimes things just fall into place. That’s when I know God is with me. He does a totally “new thing” in a distinctively un-Dave-like manner. Nothing I do will have eternal meaning unless the idea originates in the mind of God. If God plants the thought in my brain, fine. But if I devise a plan “of my own mind,” it will certainly fail, or at least fail to have eternal significance.
God is a God of surprises. “If Yahweh make a new thing,” I can rest and be assured it’s a good thing, a thing I want to be a part of.
God is a God of surprises. “If Yahweh make a new thing,” I can rest and be assured it’s a good thing, a thing I want to be a part of.
Korah rebelled against God, inventing a problem where none existed. He gathered two hundred and fifty leaders and confronted Moses and his brother for no good reason. It was Korah’s thing, not God’s. Korah challenged God and the call He placed on Moses and Aaron...
“The whole community is holy, every one of them, and the LORD is
with them. Why then do you set yourselves above the LORD’s assembly?”
Numbers 16.3 NIV
In the face of opposition, Moses reaffirmed two simple truths:
- God’s calling of Moses was not from his “own mind.” It was God’s idea.
- God would do a “new thing” to confirm Moses’ leadership role.