DAY 2
The passage I read was Exodus 3:1-12
You can find that passage here:
My summary of the passage is this:
Moses is tending to his flock of sheep when he sees the
burning bush (but fire didn’t consume it), so he goes to check it out and God
calls him by name and tells him not to come any closer and to take off his
sandals cuz it’s holy ground. God
introduces himself and explains that he has come to deliver his oppressed
people in Egypt. God tells Moses that
He’s going to send him to Pharaoh to bring God’s people out of Egypt. Moses is hesitant and afraid and God comforts
him saying, “I will certainly be with you.
And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have
brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
As I reflect:
God called Moses to do something huge in history. Though Moses shows some fear in verse 11 questioning
the Lord’s choice, he will end up doing exactly as the Lord has called him to
do. Moses succeeds in freeing the people
of Israel not due to his own merit, but because he obeys what God tells him to
do. In the following story line you can
read many times God telling Moses what to do next and as long as Moses sticks
to what God says, then God is with him and causes success to his efforts. Much later in the story Moses fails only when
he chooses to go outside of what the Lord told him to do. We needn’t fear when the Lord tells us to do
something no matter how big or how small.
Just know that if you do as the Lord calls you to, He will be with you
on your journey. Need we know more
beyond this? Don’t ask God to show you
the end result ahead of time, just be obedient in taking the first step… Then
the next, and so on. Trust in Him to
manage the details of down the road wherever that may be and be sure to never
attempt to take that plan or calling into your own hands at the cost of
disobeying or you may (as Moses) lose out on the promise that was implied.
My response to the Lord:
Holy Father, May I be as obedient as Moses in even the
smallest of callings in my life, for it is no small thing that you have called
me at all. I am thankful for the calling
and though at times I do stumble, you always life me back up. May I always keep my eyes on you Lord, that
you would guide each step of mine in the plan you have for me. May I always remember that you are with me
through your Holy Spirit and that I needn’t fear anything that is before me
because I am with you. Lord, please
multiply my efforts to answer the calling you have placed on me. Thank you for gracing me with your presence
and power on this journey. I deserve
death, but you have granted me life. May
I serve you diligently with that life you have given. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.
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