MONDAY, 28 AUGUST 2023
TEXT:
EXODUS 3:21 - 4:17
21:
“And I will make the Egyptians favorably disposed toward this people, so that
when you leave you will not go empty-handed.
22:
Every woman is to ask her neighbor and any woman living in her house for
articles of silver and gold and for clothing, which you will put on your sons
and daughters. And so you will plunder the Egyptians.”
1:
Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The
Lord did not appear to you’?”
2:
Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” “A staff,” he replied.
3:
The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.” Moses threw it on the ground and it
became a snake, and he ran from it.
4:
Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So
Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in
his hand.
5:
“This,” said the Lord, “is so that they may believe that the Lord, the God of
their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has
appeared to you.”
6:
Then the Lord said, “Put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand
into his cloak, and when he took it out, the skin was leprous—it had become as
white as snow.
7:
“Now put it back into your cloak,” he said. So Moses put his hand back into his
cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh.
8:
Then the Lord said, “If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first
sign, they may believe the second.
9:
But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water
from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river
will become blood on the ground.”
10:
Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent,
neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of
speech and tongue.”
11:
The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf
or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
12:
Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”
13:
But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”
14:
Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses and he said, “What about your
brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way
to meet you, and he will be glad to see you.
15:
You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you
speak and will teach you what to do.
16:
He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth
and as if you were God to him.
17:
But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it.”
(New
International Version Holy Bible)
TOPIC:
MOSES' CHALLENGES (II)
Moses
was as human as all of us. His excuses are not much different from the ones we
make even today.
Moses
went ahead to give more reasons why he could not go back to Egypt to rescue the
Israelites.
Fear
hindered him from believing the assurances of God's presence, He felt
incapacitated and inadequate FEAR dominated his life.
This
same fear has destroyed many people and stopped other from doing God's work.
As
you live your life today, trust in the abilities of God amid your fears and do
whatever He calls you to do to bring glory to Him.
QUESTION:
When things around you seem to be greater than the God you serve, what do you
make of your faith?
PRAYER:
Help me, dear Lord, to trust You even in the midst of my fears and help me to
always remember that You are greater than my fears, in Jesus name. Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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