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24 Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor:

26 And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there.

DIRE CONSEQUENCES

Aaron had been in it from the start, he had been at Moses side since the very beginning.

But disobedience changes everything.

There is a long and sorry list of godly men and women in the bible.

So, you think you can’t fall.

The strongest man in the bible, Samson did.

The wisest man in the bible, Solomon did.

The man whose heart was closest to God, David did.

The man who talked face to face with God, Moses did.

The man who was called the friend of God, Abraham did.

In the garden of Eden, man was stripped of his innocence by the devil.

Disobedience leads to real pain, all the above came back in repentance, but all of them lost something.

Samson lost his spiritual eyesight.

Solomon lost his fellowship with God.

David lost the joy of his salvation.

Moses lost his spiritual legacy.

Abraham lost his spiritual vitality.

Disobedience strips us of our innocence.

I spent many years in disobedience to God, striving against God.

Let me tell you, disobeying God, is not worth it.

The devil told Eve, Hath God said. It’s only a little disobedience, it can’t really hurt, but it does.

Moses and Aaron probably thought that their disobedience was nothing, after all they had struck the rock before, Samson had shaken himself many times, but God was not there.

Obedience is the only way forward for the believer. Disobedience is a dead end street, it leads to years of wilderness wandering.

The children of Israel had twelve spies, ten didn’t believe God, two did, they choose to believe the ten, instead of heeding the words of Joshua and Caleb.

Today if you hear my voice, harden not your heart Hebrews 3.

Don’t end up like Aaron on Mount Hor, stripped of his garments, because of your sinful disobedience.

Follow God with your whole heart.

To obey is better than sacrifice.

1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

God bless you

Keith