"Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My People, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt."
Exodus 3:10
After spending forty years in Midianite obscurity, Moses finally received God's commission to return to Egypt and deliver his people.
Responding to God's Call
What an oppurtunity for Moses! What a chance to start again and redeem himself as Gods servant. Isn't it encouraging to think that God keeps giving us opportunity even after we've made mistakes? Even after we've failed God and think that we've useless, He still returns to restore us and call us back into service.
When He does call us, though, we need to make sure we respond in the right way. Every time God calls, we have the option to respond in one of four ways. We can run ahead before we are sent. We can retreat after we've failed. We can resist the calling. Or we can choose to remain available and respond obediently when the call comes.
Only this fourth option is the right one. It's the response of a spiritually mature believer, and it's the one God is looking for from each of us. Which one will you choose when God calls your name?
A nineteenth-century proverb declares, "The bird with a broken pinion [wing] Never soars as high again." Sad, isn't it? But is it true? Moses experience in Exodus 3:1-10, fortunately, shows this saying to be absolutely false-- at least in relation to God's children.
Look at the list of people God mentions when He identifies Himself to Moses (6); Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. If Moses knew truth about those guys, and he likely did, he must have felt it better about his own mistakes. After all, Abraham tried to jumpstart God's plan by conceiving a baby with Hagar when his wife Sarai seemingly couldn't do the job, Isaac also faltered, by lying about Rebekah in the same way Abraham once lied about Sarah. And Jacob saized his father's birthright and blessing without waiting for God's help. God doesn't shy away from people with broken wings; second chanced abound for the man or woman who wants to serve Him faithful
Exodus 3:10
After spending forty years in Midianite obscurity, Moses finally received God's commission to return to Egypt and deliver his people.
Responding to God's Call
What an oppurtunity for Moses! What a chance to start again and redeem himself as Gods servant. Isn't it encouraging to think that God keeps giving us opportunity even after we've made mistakes? Even after we've failed God and think that we've useless, He still returns to restore us and call us back into service.
When He does call us, though, we need to make sure we respond in the right way. Every time God calls, we have the option to respond in one of four ways. We can run ahead before we are sent. We can retreat after we've failed. We can resist the calling. Or we can choose to remain available and respond obediently when the call comes.
Only this fourth option is the right one. It's the response of a spiritually mature believer, and it's the one God is looking for from each of us. Which one will you choose when God calls your name?
A nineteenth-century proverb declares, "The bird with a broken pinion [wing] Never soars as high again." Sad, isn't it? But is it true? Moses experience in Exodus 3:1-10, fortunately, shows this saying to be absolutely false-- at least in relation to God's children.
Look at the list of people God mentions when He identifies Himself to Moses (6); Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. If Moses knew truth about those guys, and he likely did, he must have felt it better about his own mistakes. After all, Abraham tried to jumpstart God's plan by conceiving a baby with Hagar when his wife Sarai seemingly couldn't do the job, Isaac also faltered, by lying about Rebekah in the same way Abraham once lied about Sarah. And Jacob saized his father's birthright and blessing without waiting for God's help. God doesn't shy away from people with broken wings; second chanced abound for the man or woman who wants to serve Him faithful
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