The Power to Change.
Much of scripture is written in a narrative form. I love narratives. They help me remember.
I’m sure the sons of Korah heard many stories shortly after their ancestor Korah’s rebellion (https://www.bible.com/bible/114/NUM.16.NKJV). He’d led many others into rebellion against Aaron and Moses because they were all jealous. They already had position (because God is generous and gave it to them through no merit of their own), but they wanted more.
Here’s the interesting part: the Bible says that the line of “Korah, however, did not die out.”
God had grace on Korah’s line even though Korah did the wrong thing. Many books later, we see that Korah’s sons are known for something entirely different than their great-grandfather. They were known for writing praise songs to God.
In Psalm 47, they speak about God’s ability to shatter the enemy. If it had been some of us, we would have been still blaming God for shattering the lives of our ancestors.
They also, in the psalm, meditated on His unfailing love and said that His right hand is filled with righteousness.
This tells me that even though in the wilderness, many Israelites complained about the death of Korah, Korah’s line decided they weren’t going to live in that story. They weren’t going to carry on Korah’s legacy. Instead, they were going to do a new thing.
That’s called repentance.
That’s called breaking generational curses.
That’s called changing the narrative.
1 Corinthians 10:11 says: “These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.”
That verse is talking about how we are to recall the previous examples of disobedience, but isn’t it just like God to record the examples of hope?
Today, let’s ask the Father how we can change the narrative in our own lives with His help.
“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.”
Romans 15:4 NIV
https://bible.com/bible/111/rom.15.4.NIV