Worthy Brief - 2/12/2026
Friend, learn from God's guardrails!
1 Corinthians 10:6 Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.
Paul makes something unmistakably clear: “Now these things became our examples.” The wilderness was not recorded as ancient history for curiosity -- it was preserved as instruction for survival. God did not document Israel’s failures to embarrass them, but to protect us. Their story is not just information -- it is God’s merciful intervention, given so we do not repeat their mistakes.
History in Scripture is never passive. It is prophetic. The wilderness generation walked through real events, but those events were written down so future generations could see what unbelief produces, what fear costs, and what compromise prevents. God is merciful enough to let us learn from someone else’s mistakes -- if we are humble enough to pay attention.
This reveals a sobering principle: you will either learn through warning or through consequence. Israel had every sign, every miracle, every provision -- yet they repeated the same mistakes because they refused to internalize the lessons. What God intended as correction, they treated as an inconvenience.
Paul was speaking to a Corinthian church alive with gifts, revelation, and spiritual experience -- and through them, he is speaking to our generation. His message is clear: do not repeat this. The message is simple: having spiritual blessings doesn’t make us immune to spiritual failure. If we ignore the warnings in Scripture, we may end up facing the same consequences.
This is especially urgent for a revival generation. When God moves powerfully, the temptation is to assume momentum equals maturity. But Scripture stands as a flashing signal: do not romanticize the past -- learn from it. God teaches through triumph, but He also teaches through failure. To refuse the lesson is to repeat the loss.
Friend, the wilderness examples are God's warning to us. They are His guardrails -- divine caution signs placed on the road so you can enter into all of God's promises. God has already spoken, and the question is whether we will truly listen. He wrote these warnings in love so we would not have to pay the same price. Revival will not be carried by those who admire the lessons from a distance, but by those who humble themselves and let those lessons shape and transform them.
George & Baht Rivka (Melbourne, Florida)
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