DCLM Daily Manna 22 March 2026: Come Thou With Us
Text: Numbers 10:29-32 (KJV)
And Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which the Lord said, I will give it to you. Come with us, and we will do you good, for the Lord has promised good concerning Israel.
30 And Hobab said to him, I will not go; I will depart to my own land and to my family.
31 And Moses said, Do not leave us, I pray you; for you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us.
32 And if you will go with us, it shall be that whatever good the Lord does to us, the same we will do to you.
KEY VERSE: (Numbers 10:29)
“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.”
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In statistical hypothesis testing, Type 1 errors can be thought of as errors of commission, in which the status quo is erroneously rejected in favour of new, misleading information. Type 2 errors can be thought 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.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Jeremiah 51-52
DCLM Daily Manna 22 March 2026
