What If?

The daughters of Zelophehad demonstrate that we can trust God with our future. Shattering the notion that women must always be responsive, their bold request came from deep faith that God would bring his people into the promised land. God’s affirmation of them and the statutes he enacted illustrate both the necessity and the weakness of laws. And their concern for land and a name speaks to our universal longing for stability and meaning. We who trust in Christ are now freed from gender stereotypes, legalistic striving and fears about the future. Instead, we can love others boldly, obey imperfect laws humbly, pursue the holiness of Christ with the power of the Spirit, and trust our future hope entirely to him.