Blue  Ch 2 Num

v24  
   God's Promised -  I have given Hesbon's King Sihon into your hand
 God Encouraged - don't worry nations tremble @ your God-given favor
Your Assignment - take the land & engage in the fight

v26-29
The Strategy - offer peace, make your request known
                          (if u want it, ask 4 it)

                                                 The Challenge : v30
                     Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through.  
                      
                                             The Sovereign Act : v30
For the LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order to give him into your hands, as He has now done.

                          Example Confirmation of Sovereign Act : Ex 4:21
The LORD said to Moses, " When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh which I have put in your hand.  But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go."

Why does God do that?  Tell you to go in and do something then harden the guys heart who is to be giving it to you...?

What do you do with a command, scripture, principle, prophetic word that God has given, expected to be obeyed, then you try to do it but it's not working?  

Cook yourself a large bowl of Love.  The 1st ingredient is always most prevalent so make sure to put in lots of Patience (1 Cor 3:4).

When Patience has it's perfect work (Jms 1:4), Understanding (Isa 11:2) is given time to show up and explain that the battle is the LORD's (1 Sam 17:47) and we simply Trust in Love (1 Cor 13:4-8) the whole time so that when "It is Finished" and the eyes of our understanding are opened (Ep 1:18) then we will feel relational with Father God and out from a deep place on the inside we will offer Him the praise due His Sovereign Name  (1 Cor 16:10) and it won't feel like some weird spiritual duty.