Zered Brook
What in the world is Zered Brook? It sounds like someone's name. Actually Zerod Brook is found in the book of Deuteronomy 2:13,14:
"Moses continued, "Then the LORD said to us, 'Get moving. Cross the Zered Brook.' so we crossed the brook.
THIRTY EIGHT years passed from the time we first left Kadesh-barnea until we finally crossed the ZERED BROOK! By then, all the men old enough to fight in battle had died in the wilderness, as the LORD had vowed would happen."
This is the passage of Scripture that God is telling the Israelites it's time to get moving after 40 years of wandering through the desert. To me, Zerod Brook is a breakthrough, an obstacle overcome.
I've thought of my Zered Brooks in my life--breakthroughs in my life. I couldn't imagine going through 40 years of wandering. I've never wandered that long....I'm only 34, but there have been periods of time in my life that I have wandered. There was a period in my life that I wandered for about 2 years--in and out of a semi-depression and then one day after wrestling with God, I came to my Zerod Brook after confessing my pride. I crossed my Zerod Brook and it was similar to may salvation experience. It was amazing.
I can imagine what the Israelites thought once they crossed the Zered Brook-a sense of relief, a sense of a new beginning, a breath of fresh air.
Maybe you in are in a pattern of wandering. What do you sense is the cause of it. Could it be pride like it was for me? Pray for your Zerod Brook--your obstacle overcome. It will only come through serious soul searching and repentance. May you cross your Zered Brook and may there come relief, a sense of a new beginning, a fresh start.
Monday, March 24, 2008
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