Exodus 6:2
God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord;
After the first round of battle was over, Moses felt like he had been kicked by a mule. The work load had been increased and the people turned decisively against Moses and were actually praying the Lord would judge him for what they felt he had caused to befall them. It was déjà vu all over again. Last time he tried to help his kinsmen he ended up having to flee the country. He had forty years to lick his wounds.
Me? I would have determined back then that I was done. No more. I did my best and gave it my all and it cost me everything. I escaped with the clothes on my back and my life. Nope. I was finished. That is, until the Lord Himself came calling.
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Moses is being educated in the ways of the Lord.
The devil is going to throw everything at you that he can when you begin to make progress. He wants you discouraged and demoralized. You cannot fight with the devil and win in your own strength. Moses was told to face Pharaoh. He did and was repulsed. He was told to speak to his own people. Again, he was repulsed. Emotionally, he was spent.
He wanted to do what you and I would want to do.
Quit. I cannot do this. I can’t. I cannot speak good enough. He tried to relate himself to what needed to be done and he kept seeing that he was coming up short. This was what he needed to learn.
Everything was telling Moses to run, to quit and to leave. But he had to see…the battle is the Lords. (I Samuel 17:47). Moses was not called to wage war, but to obey. He simply had to do what the Lord was telling him to do and to trust the Lord while doing this. The Lord would bring Pharaoh down. The Lord would open the eyes of the people. Moses had to learn to trust the Lord – not Moses. He had to see…
The battle is the Lords.
Moses had to learn this and be convinced of this. So did Abraham, David, Daniel, Samuel, Solomon, Peter and Paul.
So do
God spoke further to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord;
After the first round of battle was over, Moses felt like he had been kicked by a mule. The work load had been increased and the people turned decisively against Moses and were actually praying the Lord would judge him for what they felt he had caused to befall them. It was déjà vu all over again. Last time he tried to help his kinsmen he ended up having to flee the country. He had forty years to lick his wounds.
Me? I would have determined back then that I was done. No more. I did my best and gave it my all and it cost me everything. I escaped with the clothes on my back and my life. Nope. I was finished. That is, until the Lord Himself came calling.
Moses was thrust, by the will of God, …show more content…
Moses is being educated in the ways of the Lord.
The devil is going to throw everything at you that he can when you begin to make progress. He wants you discouraged and demoralized. You cannot fight with the devil and win in your own strength. Moses was told to face Pharaoh. He did and was repulsed. He was told to speak to his own people. Again, he was repulsed. Emotionally, he was spent.
He wanted to do what you and I would want to do.
Quit. I cannot do this. I can’t. I cannot speak good enough. He tried to relate himself to what needed to be done and he kept seeing that he was coming up short. This was what he needed to learn.
Everything was telling Moses to run, to quit and to leave. But he had to see…the battle is the Lords. (I Samuel 17:47). Moses was not called to wage war, but to obey. He simply had to do what the Lord was telling him to do and to trust the Lord while doing this. The Lord would bring Pharaoh down. The Lord would open the eyes of the people. Moses had to learn to trust the Lord – not Moses. He had to see…
The battle is the Lords.
Moses had to learn this and be convinced of this. So did Abraham, David, Daniel, Samuel, Solomon, Peter and Paul.
So do