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The Girls Are Going Up
What happens when we refuse to let adversity have the final word? In Numbers 27, we encounter five daughters who had every reason to sit down, stay quiet, and accept a system that was working against them. Their father had died, leaving them without the inheritance that would have been theirs had they been sons. The culture said no. The law said no. But these women made a decision to go up anyway. This message draws us into the profound truth that our moments of greatest pressure are not invitations to retreat but rather divine provocations to advance. The daughters of Zelophehad teach us that a history with God is the most powerful resource we carry into any crisis. When we can look back and trace the faithfulness of God through every wilderness season, every dry place, and every moment of uncertainty, we find the courage to stand before systems and powers and declare that we will not be overlooked. Their willingness to rise prompted Moses to rise, and Moses rising brought God into the conversation. That is the chain reaction that begins the moment we decide to come up.
