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promised land was near. For Moses, it was ‘so near and yet so far’. He
was excluded. Together with the sadness of Moses’ exclusion, there was
the joy of the people’s entrance (Deuteronomy 3:27-28). When we consider Moses’
sadness and the people’s joy, we must remember this: Nobody deserved to
go into the land! The land was God’s gift. Without His strength, the
people of Israel would fail. With Him, they would be victorious: ‘You
shall not fear them; for it is the Lord your God who fights for
you’(Deuteronomy 3:22). There is here a basic principle of Christian living: ‘not by
might , nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of
hosts’(Zechariah 4:6). ‘In heavenly armour we’ll enter the land. The
battle belongs to the Lord. No weapon that’s fashioned against us will
stand. The battle belongs to the Lord’(Mission Praise, 639).
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