Look To Jesus and Live

Numbers 21:9 " And Moses made a serpent of brass,and put it upon a pole,and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man,when he beheld the serpent of brass,he lived".

Here we have the children of Israel fatigued in their long march around the land of Edom.They were discouraged because of the way they were traveling.They grew impatience,and began to doubt God and the direction of Moses.They started to mumble and complain about what they didn't have,although God had supplied all they needed and was protecting them from the dangers of the wilderness.But when they began to rebell against God,He humbled and subduded them with the fiery serpants.But when they confessed their sins and look to the brass serpent and lived.

We too can become discouraged on this journey we have embarked upon.The way of the Lord is enemy to the way of the flesh and the natural man.In our impatience we can leave the will of God in an effort to help God along.We sometimes mumble and complain about what we don't have not realizing that we have everything that we need.In our rebillion against God,we have been bitten by that old serpent the Devil,a venomous snake, bitten with the sin of disobeince, bringing about the death of many.But when we confess our sin, and look to Jesus we can have everlasting life.Just as that brass serpent was lifted up ,Christ to was lifted up, and we must look up to Him to live. He was lifted upon the cross for hung high for all to see. He must now be lifted up in the proclaiming of the gospel to save all who has been bitten by the serpent.Lift Him up in all that we do that a sinful world might confess their sins, look to Jesus and be saved.

We all have moments of weakness on this journey,and it is easy to look at what you don't have and not see all that God has for us.But when these times over take you look not to the hills for your help,your help does not come from the hills.Look to Jesus who created the hills.As the lost children of Israel looked to the serpent and lived,If we believe we shall not perish,for it is by faith that we look to Jesus.