Moving on

“The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.’” Deut 1:6
Horeb was the place where God gave the Israelites the Law, through Moses. The nation camped at the foot of the mountain for two whole years, sustained by manna which God sent from heaven daily. But eventually God had to tell them to move on and journey into the place of their real inheritance – the land of Canaan.
The same is true for us. It is easy for us to want to stay in the place of a previous revelation of God. But when we do this, we are not growing. Our walk with God needs to be based on what He is doing in the present, not solely what He has done in the past. We need to take that revelation, that word we received from Him, and put it into practise in our own lives.
God gave the Israelites a number of commands, beginning “When you enter the land...”. These could not be acted upon while they were camping in the wilderness. Similarly for us – we need to move on to what God has prepared for us, and start to make His word reality in our lives.