“And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, we are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it to you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel”(Numbers 10:29).
TEXT — Numbers 10:29-32
In statistical hypothesis testing, Type I errors can be thought of as errors of commission, in which the status quo is erroneously rejected in favour of new, misleading information. Type II errors can bethought of as errors of omission, in which a misleading status quo is allowed to remain due to failure in identifying it as such.
Moses’ father-in-law can be said to have committed a type 1 error, in rejecting the invitation of Moses at this time, to “come thou with us, and we will do thee good”. He had a reason to reject the offer: his attachment to his own kindred. “I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land and to my kindred”, he said. There is no iota of doubt in the heart of Moses’ father-in-law that God had uniquely favoured Israel. And Moses’ invitation to Hobab, was a favour backed with credibility. The man had heard of God’s work among the children of Israel, yet he rejected the offer. Although he later accepted it and came to Israel’s camp (Exodus 18:1-5).
It is a wise decision to heed the call of the Lord Jesus Christ for all sinners to join the throng of God’s people in the quest for the city of God. There is a heavenly Canaan, the uppermost desire of every saint. Those who have heaven’s revelation in their hearts must endeavour to give a clarion call to everyone under the circle of their influence to come and taste the unimaginable goodness of the Lord.
The wise will heed the solicitation of Christ to come and partake of the riches of grace which are freely available to all and sundry. He who has tasted the goodness of the Lord will reach out to his neighbours to come and join the saints to enjoy the unsearchable riches we have in Jesus Christ.
Thought for the day
A Christian is at his best when he acts as the conduit of God’s grace
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
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