Moses was kept out of the promised land because of his lack of zeal for God's Honor. "Because you did not trust me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them" (Numbers 20:12). Instead of demonstrating God's glory by speaking to the rock, Moses struck it with his staff. The result was the same. But what was questioned was the intent of Moses' Heart. His intention was not to honor God, rather to teach the Eldes of Israel a lesson. Fo that God did not allow him to enter the promised land.  

We can see by this passage that God wants us to honor him. He wants us to consider him in all things, to deny our own selfish desires and put His will ahead of our own. If we keep readin in the book of Numbers we come to a story about Aaron's grandson named Phinehas. When the people of Israel became involved with immoral sexual acts with the Moabite women, it angered God. He commanded that all those involved must be put to death. A certain man brought a Moabite woman into his tent right in font of Moses and whole assembly of Israel. "Phinehas took a spear in his hand and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear through both of them . . . The Lord said to Moses, "Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites; for he was as zealous as I am for my honor among them . . . "
(Numbers 25: 7-8, 10-11). 

How zealous are you for God's honor? I am not advocating that you go and kill someone who is not honoring God. But what about when you see fellow brothers and sisters in the Lord dishonoring God. Do you confront them, or do you join them in their gossip, division, dissension, etc? Do you kill the desires of your own flesh because they seek to bring pleasure to you at the expense of honoring God?   I must admit, I do not always honor God with my decisions. But I hope that God is honored by the desires of my heart, and that I will have the courage to deny my fesh in honor of God. David had this zeal when he stepped up to fight Goliath who was belittling the name of his God. He also had this Zeal when he danced in the streets like a clown in worship to God. But he certainly lacked it when he plotted to have Uriah put to death to save his own behind.  

How can we maintain Zeal for the Lord that honors him while denying the very urges to do the opposite?