Speaking Up Part 1 of 2

Do you struggle with passivity and not speaking up when you should? For a while, I did. I felt that I didn’t want to start trouble, and I wanted to keep the peace. So, if there was something that I needed to speak up on, I would just let it go. Did you know that the root of this problem is fear? For me, I was afraid that I was being rude. Being a “people-pleaser”, I didn’t want to say the wrong things and upset anyone. I didn’t overcome this issue overnight either. I had to pray and ask God to give me courage strength, and even the words to say.

In Numbers 27, the Israelites were preparing to cross the Jordan go over to the promised land. They had already went to war and defeated a couple of nations, taking that land. Numbers 27:1 talks about a man named Zelophehad. He was a descendant of Joseph. Back then, when a man died, he left the inheritance to his son(s). The problem was, Zelophehad died having no sons, he only had daughters. So, when the time would come for the Israelites to get their inheritances in the promised land, these women would be left out. The five women went to Moses and asked for a possession. Numbers 27:4 says “Why should the name of our father be removed from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father’s brothers.” Moses went to God with this issues. In Numbers 27:8-11, God told him that the daughters of Zelophehad were right. God then instructed Moses to tell the Israelites that if a man died not having any sons, the inheritance would be passed to his daughters. If there were no daughters, then to the man’s brother, if no brothers then the man’s father’s brothers (the man’s uncles) would receive the inheritance. If there were none, the next of kin would receive the inheritance. God made this the Inheritance Law. Because these women chose to speak up for themselves, other’s wouldn’t miss out on receiving an inheritance. Had they just sat back saying “we don’t want to cause trouble or offend anyone” they would have missed out.

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