I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on  Numbers 16-18.

Yesterday I looked at the problem with relying on experts.  Today, we see the opposite problem, rebelling against God’s chosen leaders.  Korah and his allies started from a valid premise: all of God’s people are equal.  But they took it too far.  They used this premise to argue that Moses should not be the leader.  So, where does it become obvious that they have it wrong?  Korah was not arguing that there should not be a leader.  He was arguing that HE should be the leader in Moses’ place.  Further, he was not arguing this on the basis of how he would be better than Moses.  He was arguing that Moses had failed to deliver on his promises.  So, Korah argued that he should be leader because Moses was no better than anyone else and had failed.  Korah did not offer an alternative plan of action, merely dissatisfaction with Moses’ leadership.  Selecting a leader because he is not the other guy always ends badly.

I want to say that both yesterday and today I started out with a clear idea of what I wanted to write and how it would come out.  Neither came out clearly where I planned for them to.