Good morning Hero's welcome to another day of destiny.
As we learnt last week you are not here by mistake, God put you here and he has plans for you, plans of prosperity, hope and future. Sometimes when he asks you to do things for Him you look at what you have in your life and wonder how is that ever gonna happen?
In this account of Moses we see Moses feel the same, God had just called him to go face to face with Pharaoh and to command Him to release the nation of Israel who were the slaves of the land.
Moses with His speech problem thinks "ok what tools you giving me God because what I have and what i own right now in my life is not enough to pull that task off", look at Gods response to Him.
Exodus 4: 1 - 5 (NKJV)
Then Moses answered and said, "But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.'"
2 So the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod." 3 And He said, "Cast it on the ground." So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Reach out your hand and take it by the tail" (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand), 5 "that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
2 So the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A rod." 3 And He said, "Cast it on the ground." So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Reach out your hand and take it by the tail" (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand), 5 "that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."
Moses was probably looking for a new download or some military equipment the very least a helicopter? Gods response was "what's in your hand?" In that statement God said a whole lot:
1. Everything you need to do what I have called you to do is in your life already, don't wait for a divine download just let me empower what you already have and are and you watch with amazement at what you can do.
2. Moses had carried that rod around for years leading sheep with it but he never saw it the way that God did. I bet he never imagined it could do tricks and part oceans at crucial moments. We need to realize that like Moses we too sometimes underestimate everyday things in our life and we all need to dare to see everyday things with the potential God does.
3. The truth is that it was just a rod made of wood, cousin to the branch uncle to the toothpick but when God empowered it then it was able to assist Moses to deliver a nation. When you allow God to use the everyday things in your life you too will be amazed at what they are really able to do.
4. Stop looking at what you think you have not got and begin to commit to Him daily what you do! Don't live life waiting for a package that could come begin to look a fresh at what God has already given you in the light of its potential with Gods touch on it. He has blessed each and every one of us with different gifts, abilities and talents bring them again to Him today and let him turn what looks to you like a stick into something that impacts lives and situations.
5. Remember the account of the disciples when they met the crippled man at gate beautiful, He asked them for money but they responded, "silver and Gold have we none but such as we have we will give to you". Don't spend your life looking at what you don't have let God do something supernatural with what you do have. With such as you have make a difference in the world!
I remember when I was first saved I used to look at all the educated eloquent speakers and ministers then I would look at me, uneducated yes even unpolished in comparison. But one day I stopped comparing myself and looking at what was not there and gave God what I had for Him to use. I remember the exact prayer, " God all I have is a big mouth and a vivid imagination, they are yours to use". I am sure you will agree he took those sticks and empowered them and they are very effective for his kingdom today.
What's in your hand today, offer it to God and see what happens next!
Bless you, live extra large today and remember that everyday thing you have lived with for years may be a supernatural tool!
Andy
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