God’s Patience
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We complain about Moses but we are like him!
“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.’
Check out the argument and the number of times:
” So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.” 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.
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), “that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers…has appeared to you.”
…the Lord said to him, “Now put your hand in your bosom.” And he put his hand in his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, like snow.
And He said, “Put your hand in your bosom again.” So he put his hand in his bosom again, and drew it out of his bosom, and behold, it was restored like his other flesh.
. “Then it will be, if they do not believe you, nor heed the message of the first sign, that they may believe the message of the latter sign.
Again,
And it shall be, if they do not believe even these two signs, or listen to your voice, that you shall take water from the river and pour it on the dry land. The water which you take from the river will become blood on the dry land.”…
Really Moses? Do you know who goes before you? Who will never leave you nor forsake you? Come on! Oh, is that Moses or us?
Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
Moses was frightened and did not want to go! BUT GOD in his infinite wisdom, patience and understanding said, you’re going, like it or not! I will give you the help you need!
So the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”
Moses was stuck in his mindset! Noooo, please! …he said, “O my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever else You may send.”
God is so good, even when he is upset, he loves us so much, he gives us the help we need. In our weakness, God is strong!
So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. Now you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do. So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God. And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs.””
Exodus 4:1-17 NKJV
Whether he argued cowardly or not, God was sending him! That teaches us, it is not up to us, if God wants us to do something, we will! Why didn’t God send Moses’ brother? He ordained the deliverance, by having Moses trained in the Egyptian and to know God’s culture simultaneously! We have plans but his plans are higher!
Let us pray,
Father in Heaven, we thank you for your kindness and patience towards us. Father let us not look inward but look upward when you call us. I pray that we have a mustard seed Faith to keep our focus on you. We know that you are superior above and beneath the earth and you can do all things possible. Father thank you for allowing us to call you father, Lord, Jehovah Jireh, Redeemer, Sustainer, Our Prince of Peace, Mighty God and Deliverer, thank you for saving us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen
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