Consistently choosing to obey God in the small things prepares us to choose his way in the vital decisions of life.

Can we stand before jealousy? Moses’ conduct in this story gives us four pointers which will help us.

As discontent rises in the coming months, let us be careful not to be like these rabble rousers, only complaining and wanting what we do not have.

Self-denial is essential in the Christian life (Matthew 16:24), but unless it is coupled with following Jesus in the path of love, mercy and service, it will be of no benefit to our character.

Jealousy and suspicion in marriages needs to be acknowledged, brought into the open and brought to resolution.

How easy it is to attach God’s name to our particular cause, to our political party, to our church denomination, and boldly proclaim to the world, ‘God is on our side’.

We humans are often motivated to change only when we see the consequences of our actions.

We who follow Jesus Christ have also been made priests (Revelation 1:6).

Art forms are a powerful vehicle for spreading the knowledge of Christ.

The Israelites in Moses’ time kept God at a distance and, if we are honest with ourselves, we often struggle with this today. Yet the promise remains: Come near to God and he will come near to you.

For some Christians ‘structure’ is a dirty word, being seen in opposition to the spontaneity of the Holy Spirit. Yet there is structure all through the Bible.

Self-sufficiency weakens us, deprives us from support which we might have benefitted from, and widens the gap between our public persona and our private struggles.

The root of the opposition which we face is spiritual, so the weapons with which we counter it are spiritual too: Prayer, Faith, Acknowledgment of our reliance upon God – coupled with effort, strategising and resolution.

The experience of God granting their desires did not draw the people of God any nearer to him.

It is not the Triumph which is the problem, but how we treat it.