Monday, January 25, 2010

Hello Everyone,
When God is about to do something in our lives or through our lives, He has to get us from where we are to where He is. When He does, He takes the initiative to draw us toward Him, so that we might hear His voice and understand what He is doing.

There is one thing that you need to understand - WE CANNOT STAY WHERE WE ARE AND GO WITH GOD!
This week I want us to think about the spiritual dynamics associated with discovering and getting in on God’s will.Because we cannot improve on God’s will, we should want to make sure we get in on it.

There are 7 realities that we can lead us in God’s will and experience Him in our lives. We are going to look at the call of Moses and how he committed himself to following the call of God.

The very first thing that we need to understand is that God Works. Exodus 2:23-25During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. 25 So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.
God was already at work around Moses, even though Moses did not realize it. God was aware of the needs of His people and God had been at work to bring about their deliverance.

God is always about His redemptive work (John 5:17). Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working."

He is always at work, to accomplish His purpose of drawing people to Himself. He is always moving and working.
For centuries, Israel had looked for the corning of the Messiah. They wondered when the Messiah would come and why He had not yet arrived. For some 400 years prior to John the Baptist, there had not even been a prophet sent by God. Where was God? Well, He was at work. He was orchestrating world events, raising up people who would obey, and maneuvering circumstances so the Messiah could come and accomplish the work. Then, Paul tells us, "when the time had fully come, God sent his Son" (Galatians 4:4).In the same way, God had been at work to set the stage for what He was calling Moses to be a part of.Not only that, but He had also been at work to make Moses usable in His work and will.
God had provided for his survival (Exodus 1:22-2:6).
God had provided for his spiritual development (Exodus 2:7-10).
God had provided for his education, as he grew up as a person of privilege in Pharaoh’s house-hold.
God had placed a passion ... for His people in Moses’ heart (Exodus 2:11-13).
God had taught Moses that God’s will must be accomplished God’s way (Exodus 2:11-15; Acts 7:25).
God placed him in the land of Midian, where he married into the family of Jethro, the priest of Midian, who would later prove to be one of Moses’ best advisors; and where he would become familiar with life in the desert (Exodus 2:16-22).

All of this was of God. God was definitely at work.God is not only at work around us, but as a child of God, I can know that I know that He is always at work in me (Philippians 1:6)!
“being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus”.

This means that when God calls me to join Him in something, I can know that He has providentially been at work to equip me with what I will need to obey!
Oh How HE Loves Us!
Pastor Phil

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