Relatives
Blue Ch 12 Numv1-2 Have you ever been mad at a relative that you just want to punish them? Aaron & Miriam obviously couldn't stand Moses' wife so what do they do, they start attacking his spiritual gift. Go figure... The neat thing is (v4-10) Moses didn't have to defend himself. God will repay (Rom 12:19) if we don't get defensive, take matter into our own hands, after being verbally attacked. Why this is nice is because we are allowed to keep our emotions calm so that we can continue to walk in love while being the person who gets to give the mercy away. Indeed, this is being the better man because who knows how right Moses was in marrying this girl, back in those days even God didn't want you marrying the -ites clan, and his wife was a Cushite. So it doesn't matter at this point if his choice was good or bad, or if he had been right or wrong because it was past the fact, he already married her, so what mattered now is how he would respond after the fact. God doesn't hold our mistakes against us, if it even was a mistake... who knows? But God corrected these siblings of Moses and had Aaron not been covered and protected by the anointed calling on him he probably would have turned leprous like Miriam. What helped Moses maintain composure was (v3) humility. This character trait prevented him from justifying his call to his accusers, instead, after God rebuked the accusers then justified Moses calling for him, Moses prayed for his family to be healed (v13). He walked in love. He didn't keep a record of how they were treating him wrong (1 Cor 13: 4-8).
Moses wasn't expected to pretend like he wasn't being treated like a jerk. Moses wasn't being asked to forfeit justice just to become their doormat so they could treat him anyway they wanted or say whatever they wanted to him. Moses wasn't expected to operate in psuedo-forgiveness that says just forgive or you won't be forgiven... true, but forgive what when no one is saying sorry. Justice isn't the denial of something it is the exposure of it. When being wronged, even if someone doesn't want to repent to you, you process the devaluation by running to God because He has a way of righting the wrongs, and this will keep our spirit free to walk in love and keep enjoying life. Then when the attacker learns from God's correction, and you learn to praise God because He is just, the 3-fold relationship will be stronger, more respectful and appreciative.
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