Are you an Aaron?

 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.(Num 20:12)


                    In the above passage, we see that Aaron, as well as Moses, could not enter the promised land because of their disobedience. Aaron was quite a character. An eloquent man who knew how to speak.                                   When Moses and the Jews were in the wilderness, he went up the mount to seek God's face. He took longer than usual and the people were
getting desperate. They turned to Aaron, who was second in command. Let's look at the verse below... 

 " And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him." (Exo 32:1)

If you read the rest of scripture, you will see that Aaron complied with their demands. A sad state of affairs. The amazing thing that I see in all this episode is Aaron's response to Moses---

And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.

                           (Exo 32:22-24) 

Notice the words...I cast it into the fire and there came out this calf. Not only was this funny, but it was a lie. Aaron had fashioned the jewelry into a molten calf. (Exo 32:4) He was trying to "wash" his hands from his responsibility as a leader. If you read the rest of the accounts of Aaron's life, he did not have much character to take a stand on issues that matter. One good thing about him was that he was quick to repent. This is shown in. Num 12:11. Eventually, his ways caught up with him and he was judged alongside of Moses.
              If you are an "Aaron" and lack character, ask God to help you build backbone. Yes, God forgives sins and gives grace, but a continual sinning will, surely, catch up with us and will cost us dearly. If you know an "Aaron", pray for him or her. We need each other especially in these end times. God bless.