Have you ever wondered about those who lead where you live? I do! And many times I look for evidence of their leading, but find none. Is that a complaint? If leading, what are we leading and whom do we lead? Are we on that path of life leading to life or that path of death leading to death?
In the previous years we have a
leader within our police department, he was (and is) a writer as well expressing
his work and the attitudes he met on the pathway of his job and of his
life. I believe him to be a believer by
what he wrote about in recent posts of his work within our community and county. As the Sheriff, he
expressed heart about his job and why it was important. Now someone else is
elected for the new term, as our previous Sheriff has left that office for
retirement. What a legacy left behind and yet I wonder if it will continue.
Will the new see the examples of good for people or will they choose to
complain about “ some people” to hold to an agenda?
We see that in the days leading up to when Moses was to be born!
Complaint
was seen in the Pharaoh who decided to have all the males put to death. Exodus 1:15 Then the king of Egypt spoke to
the Hebrew midwives, of whom the name of one was Shiphrah and the name of the
other Puah; 16 and he said, “when you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew
women, and see them on the birth-stools, if it is a son, then you shall kill
him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live. 17 But the midwives feared
God, and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the male
children alive. 18 So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to
them, “Why have you done this thing and saved the male children alive?” 19 And
the midwives said to Pharaoh, “Because the Hebrew women are not like the
Egyptian women; for they are lively and give birth before the midwives come to
them. 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives, and the people multiplied
and grew very mighty. 21 And so it was, because the midwives feared God, that He provided households for them. 22 So Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying,
“Every son who is born, you shall cast into the river, and every daughter
you shall save alive.”
For Moses,
he was taken to be done away with but the mother hid him, the beautiful son.
She made a carrier out of bulrushes and pitch, placed the basket among the
reeds by the river’s bank. But Pharaoh’s daughter would bath close by. The
royal daughter who would make him her own. She defied her father the Pharaoh
and one day she would take the role over Egypt!
Acts
7:22-23 NKJV 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of
the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. 23 "Now when he was forty years old, it
came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
Forty years
had passed since Exodus 1, and Moses is now 40 years old. We do not know a
great many specifics about his life, but there are a few historical pieces we
can put together. From archaeological finds as well as some written histories,
we know that Egypt was the greatest land of its day, the United States of
America of that time. Moses was being raised in the palace. His mother,
Pharaoh’s daughter for some thirty –five years.
From the diggings of that region, you can find out who had money and who did not. You can know their heritage and the importance of the family that would rule. Being part of the Royal Family, if he rode out on a chariot, the people on the street bowed toward him. He would have had the best of everything, from what he ate, to what he wore and to what he rode. If Moses traveled down the Nile by barge, it was among the finest in Egypt. For that of his education, he probably had the finest tutors available in the land. He would have been acquainted and yes, instructed in astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, music, and art. But if we pay attention to those kind of institutions today, is much of what he was taught resembles the foolish students where we reside. Yet, the overall effect of what he learned filled him with knowledge and understanding of the region, the ideas people held and then the beliefs his own mother would instill in his heart that would hold him and help him recognize truth!
Exodus 2:8 And
Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go,” So the maiden went and called the child’s
mother. 9 Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse
him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and
nursed him. 10 And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter
and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, “Because I drew
him out of the water.”
During his
35 years in the palace, Moses never really lost contact with the people of
Israel and with his real family, even though Jochebed & Amram turned him
over to Pharaoh's daughter, he could visit them. Even from his birth, he was
returned to the wet nurse Jochedbed and during his nursing, she would have told
him of his true heritage. She would of warned him of his future if he took the
way of fortune. She would have told him of the one true God!
He would desire to help his people, but it would prove violent. He went the way of anger and complaint. He evidently took the route of the Egyptians to ridding those who got in the way! He runs to the wilderness. As he hides out from those who would take his life, he finds a new life. He considered himself thrust out of his home he knew, now a new life would appear!
…Exodus
2:11-16 Amp. Bible 11 One day, after
Moses was grown, it happened that he went out to his brethren & looked at
their burdens; & he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of [Moses’]
brethren. 12 He looked this way & that way, & when he saw no one, he
killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. 13 he went out the second day
& saw two Hebrew men quarreling & fighting; and he said to the unjust
aggressor, Why are you striking your comrade? 14 And the man said, Who made
you a prince and judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the
Egyptian? Then Moses was afraid and thought, Surely this thing is known. 15
When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from
Pharaoh’s presence & took refuge in the land of Midian, where he sat down
by a well. 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughter’s, & they came
& drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Exodus
3:1-10 Amp. Bible Now Moses kept the
flock of Jethro ,his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the
flock to the back or west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb or Sinai,
the mountain of God. 2 The Angel of
the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, yet was not consumed.
3 And
Moses said, “I will turn now turn aside and see this great sight, why
the bush is not burned. 4 And when the Lord saw he turned aside to see. God
called to him out of the midst of the bush and said, Moses, Moses!” And he
said, Here am I!”
Exodus 3:
5-10… God said, Do not come near; put your shoes off your feet, for the place
on which you stand is holy ground. 6 Also He said, I am the God of your father,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face,
for he was afraid to look at God. 7 And the Lord said, I have surely seen the
afflictions of My people who are in Egypt, & have heard their cry because
of their taskmasters and oppressors; for I know their sorrows and sufferings
and trials.
8 I have come down to deliver them out of the
hand & power of the Egyptians & to bring them up out of that land to
land good & large, a land flowing with milk & honey [ a land of plenty]
to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and
the Jebusite. 9 Now behold the cry of the Israelites has come to Me & I
have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. 10 come now therefore, and I
will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth My people, the Israelites,
out of Egypt.
From the
last teaching on Voice of Prayer, “Spending Our Inheritance” cry means to
shriek. It is from the emotional ….and it is one scared as they pray! They look at what surrounds them, they pray to
the Father they cannot see but only spiritually.But Moses could God face to
face.
God IS
GOING TO SEND MOSES BACK TO EGYPT:: Exodus 4:18-21 NKJV
18 So Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to
him, “Please let me go & return to my brethren who are in Egypt, & see
whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
19 NOW the
LORD said to Moses in Midian, “Go return to Egypt, for all the men who sought your life are dead.” 20 Then Moses took
his wife and his sons 2 and set them
on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of
God in his hand. 21 And the LORD said to
Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before
Pharaoh which I have put in your hand. But I will harden his heart, so that he
will not let the people go.
So who
would want to go when you know for certain Pharaoh’s heart will be hardened….?
And who would he face when he returned? Pharaoh was satisfied with all his
Hebrew workers. He had much to build to honor himself. Some people only see
others as builders, with straw, and work long hours. Others are educated and
hopefully learn in studies to become a responsible citizen. That is a good thing: but we must have God leading us by His Holy Spirit!
Not sure what happened to the
education system here, but we must be trained in that reading, to read any
contracts, to write, in using our name that is written on the dotted line saying
we have consent to the employment and the math is good for whatever you
encounter daily. At one time the education
system of America un-apologetically incorporated the Bible, prayer to the God of
the Bible, and biblical values in every aspect of school life. I remember the McGuffey Reader. It held
prayers from God’s word. It was this pathway of truth that gave this system
producing a people that took responsibility producing the most powerful and
prosperous nation the earth has ever seen. But sad today, the youth are
inundated with liberal ideologies. They are given false, biased and mostly
anti-biblical information.
Moses was
separated from his own. He was separated from the Hebrews. But Moses learned
his heritage. He learned also what money and position could bring to him. But
he knew speaking would be hard in his having difficulty with stuttering. Exodus 4:10 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. ( dull, heavy tongue,
cannot speak well) 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach
you what you shall say.” 13 But he said,
“O, my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever else You may send.” 14 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.
Moses put
weight on the leadership of mouthing specifics. In that he himself chose
himself as disabled in speaking for the Lord. Yet, it is God who prepares what
we will speak. We are told that in Luke 12:12 For the Holy Spirit will teach
you in that very hour what you ought to say.
Moses had complaints! And he complained of his speaking. 1 Corinthians 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Moses was set on the natural of things. Though the burning bush halted his movement, he still held out for the natural till God showed him the way in the wilderness. He lacked authority, he lacked eloquence, he lacked a message indeed. But God had his attention in the wilderness.
Moses
learned at the hand of Jethro. He learned valuable lessons about leading God’s
people by taking care of sheep. He became a shepherd. So he was moving toward destiny. The new king might not know Moses, he might not be remembered being
Pharaoh’s family member, but Moses would learn of the God Jehovah. He would
learn His presence, His voice, His power and might. And he would act in obedience to going!
In the
reading of all Moses encountered through God, he complained of his stutter. His
brother Aaron would go but he also would bow to the culture of worship to
golden calves. He would create such a thing. Have we done that? Who would
answer that we have had complaints? Yet we are not complain. It will grow
darker and darker for those who choose darkness over light. But we remain in His presence. We remain to the obedience He set down.
Moses did
not go to the Promised Land. But carried his coffin up a mountain to be buried.
And God knows the place. Will complaint fuel our tomorrows? Or will we find our
peace in God for today and all the tomorrow’s ahead? Because man will let you
down, but God will not forsake you ever. Can you imagine carrying a casket up a mountain and then be put in it? Moses had disobeyed by striking the rock and not speaking to it accurately. He spoke to the people, not the rock!
In these
lines of this thought: Moses held what is called that second fear. It is that
which involves what man thinks of us rather than what God thinks of us. In this
the person will come to produce more anxiety, more depression and failure.
The third fear is known as the satanic and we know he did not have that. The choice to make is in the fear of God, the understanding of the fear of God: it is productive fear, and it always leads to peace in God. It is knowing Him, using His knowledge and wisdom to live by always. To fear God is the beginning of wisdom. Proverbs 9:10 ….Moses struck the rock and did not do what the LORD spoke to do.
Moses at Kadesh, a grievous error is committed by him and Aaron. The children of Israel have contention against Moses. Numbers 20:4 Why have you brought up the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our animals should die here? 5 And why have you made us come up out of Egypt, to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink.
6 So Moses
and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle
of meeting they fell on their faces. And the glory of the LORD appeared to
them. 7 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 8 "take the rod; you and your
brother. Speak to the rock before their eyes, and it will yield its water; thus
you shall bring water for them out of the rock and give drink to the
congregation and their animals. 9 So Moses took the rod from before the LORD as
He commanded Him. 10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before
the rock; and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels! Must we bring water for
you out of this rock?” 11 The Moses lifted his hand and struck the rock twice
with his rod; and water came out abundantly and the congregation and their
animals drank. 12 Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, because you did not believe Me, to hallow Me
in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this
assembly into the land I have given them.” 13 This was the water of Meribah,
because the children of Israel contended with the LORD, and He was hallowed
among them.
Yeah, Moses
was to speak to the situation, speak and the rock will yield. God said to speak to the rock before their eyes,
and it will yield its water; thus you shall bring water for them out of the
rock and give drink to the congregation and their animals. ( verse 8)
Pride held
this person. He was upset with the people. They contended with him so he would
show his anger like he did to the Egyptian who beat the Hebrew! Moses is still
dealing with “stuff” from his past. He has pride, entitlement, impatient, resentment, comparing ourselves to others, or "life is not fair".
Speak God’s
words. Remember and hold His promises in your heart. Believe Him and when you
speak by the spiritual of His word, His water will run to where it is needed. BUT GOD will be HALLOWED. HE
IS GOD. HE IS TO BE FEARED. We
need to consistently be putting God’s truth into our hearts so we can dispel
the lies of the world. What we deserved was death. But God loved us so much
that instead he gave us eternal life. God is true and every man is a liar!
NO complaints here! We speak His word, believe
it true and see His kingdom come in our lives. Amen.
New teaching at: Voice of Prayer
Spending Our Inheritance
