The Faith of Moses
By faith, Moses, when grown, refused the privileges of the Egyptian royal house. He chose a hard life with God's people rather than an opportunistic soft life of sin with the oppressors. He valued suffering in the Messiah's camp far greater than Egyptian wealth because he was looking ahead, anticipating the payoff. By an act of faith, he turned his heel on Egypt, indifferent to the king's blind rage. He had his eye on the One no eye can see, and kept right on going. By an act of faith, he kept the Passover Feast and sprinkled Passover blood on each house so that the destroyer of the firstborn wouldn't touch them. Hebrews 11:23-25
Moses, a Hebrew child… placed and taken from the Nile River… during a time of great stress and great death. Raised in the court of Egypt… the very best of Egypt and yet it did not compare with the hope of his people… his faith in God.
He rejected the favor of Egypt and Egypt rejected him… he killed a man… he made mistakes… but God did not reject him. God will never reject his children… there is always mercy… grace.
I’m sure as he shepherd among the brush and cracked earth of the sun-burnt desert lands that he felt like a failure. His sandals no longer slapped the marble halls of Egypt nor did his voice ring in their courts… the hope of what he thought his future would be was… gone. His dreams and ambition slowly… evaporated.
Broken from prestige he started over in a new place, with new acquaintances, a new family and a new profession.
In Egypt, God’s people cried and prayed and God remembered His promises. On a desert mountain God spoke to Moses.
God had readied Moses to lead his people out of Egypt. God had readied His people’s hearts to leave Egypt. Moses heard from God and obeyed. Having faith is always tied to obedience.
God sees into your heart today. He knows the bondage of Egypt that you may be suffering under or the desert you may be walking or the elevated halls you may walk through. He knows how and when to make you ready for his service… for the right time… for the right purpose… for His purpose.
Moses, a Hebrew child… placed and taken from the Nile River… during a time of great stress and great death. Raised in the court of Egypt… the very best of Egypt and yet it did not compare with the hope of his people… his faith in God.
He rejected the favor of Egypt and Egypt rejected him… he killed a man… he made mistakes… but God did not reject him. God will never reject his children… there is always mercy… grace.
I’m sure as he shepherd among the brush and cracked earth of the sun-burnt desert lands that he felt like a failure. His sandals no longer slapped the marble halls of Egypt nor did his voice ring in their courts… the hope of what he thought his future would be was… gone. His dreams and ambition slowly… evaporated.
Broken from prestige he started over in a new place, with new acquaintances, a new family and a new profession.
In Egypt, God’s people cried and prayed and God remembered His promises. On a desert mountain God spoke to Moses.
God had readied Moses to lead his people out of Egypt. God had readied His people’s hearts to leave Egypt. Moses heard from God and obeyed. Having faith is always tied to obedience.
God sees into your heart today. He knows the bondage of Egypt that you may be suffering under or the desert you may be walking or the elevated halls you may walk through. He knows how and when to make you ready for his service… for the right time… for the right purpose… for His purpose.
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