Moments with Maclaren in Numbers

 

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NUMBERS 9

"Do not let us be in a hurry to run before God. When the Israelites were crossing the Jordan, they were told to leave a great space between themselves and the guiding ark, that they might know how to go, because they had ‘not passed that way heretofore.’ Impatient hurrying at God’s heels is apt to lead us astray. Let Him get well in front, that you may be quite sure which way He desires you to go, before you go. And if you are not sure which way He desires you to go, be sure that He does not at that moment desire you to go anywhere." --The Guiding Pillar, Numbers 9:16

"We need to hold the present with a slack hand, so as to be ready to fold our tents and take to the road, if God will. We must not reckon on continuance, nor strike our roots so deep that it needs a hurricane to remove us." --The Guiding Pillar, Numbers 9:16

NUMBERS 10

"We must take God’s cause for ours, in all the various aspects of that phrase. And that means, first of all, that we make our own perfecting into the likeness of Jesus Christ the main aim of our own lives and efforts." --The Hallowing of Work and Rest, Numbers 10: 35,36

"Most of us will not have many large occasions of trial and conflict in our career; and, if God’s fighting for us is not available in regard to the small annoyances of home and daily life, I know not for what it is available." --The Hallowing of Work and Rest, Numbers 10:35, 36

NUMBERS 13

 

", , , the wanderers had the end of their desert journey within sight; one bold push forward, and their feet would tread on their inheritance. But, as is so often the case, courage oozed out at the decisive moment, and cowardice, disguised as prudence, called for ‘further information,’-that cuckoo-cry of the faint-hearted." --Afraid of Giants, Numbers 13:17-33

" . . . there is no better cure for fear than action." --Afraid of Giants, Numbers 13:17-33

"Let us beware of the one-eyed ‘prudence’ which sees only the perils in the path of duty and enterprise for God, and is blind to the all-sufficient presence which makes us more than conquerors, when we lean all our weight on it." --Afraid of Giants, Numbers 13:17-33

NUMBERS 14

"Nothing is more hateful to resolute sinners than good counsel which is undeniably true." --Weighed, and Found Wanting, Numbers 14:1-10

"There is no limitation to the divine forgiveness; you cannot exhaust it." --Moses the Intercessor, Numbers 14:19

"There is but one thing that limits the divine pardon, and that is continuous rejection of it. Whoever seeks to be pardoned is pardoned." --Moses the Intercessor, Numbers 14:19