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| Fire is Still BURNING |
My husband and I were talking about some subject today and as we talked I told him of an encouraging word from this prophet. Although I do not know people to call him that, yet, every word he has given is always one to refresh and encourage. I receive the blogs he writes weekly and how gave this word how God is ready to perform His word. While praying and hearing this word on Bartimaeus, I was seeing that life of Moses and how God had used him. And yes, I have written on this recently and a young friend of ours had been in contact with us that involved this word that was given them years ago and how now it is coming to pass this month!
So in all this, I heard the Holy Spirit speak of Moses and how God did not blame him for all his mistakes when Moses witnessed the burning bush. Yet, you know man still holds things against you and I. There is still that man who only remembers the one wrong thing you did, but not all the right things you did. When they give you a word to try to encourage they come from the place of where you need forgiveness for the wrong you did .....but thanks be to God who does not do that......for it is God who blesses indeed. God knows all and is very award of all in the world, but He still wants us to participate with Him........ God still has fire for us telling us we are not burn out nor have we gone without fire!
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 & hid him in the sand. 13 he went out the second day
& saw two Hebrew men quarreling & fighting; & he said to the unjust
aggressor, Why are you striking your comrade? 14& the man said, Who made
you a prince & judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the
Egyptian? Then Moses was afraid & 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 & 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; & he led the
flock to the back or west side of the wilderness & 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; &
he looked, & behold, the bush burned with fire, yet was not consumed.
3 And
Moses said, “I will turn now turn aside & see this great sight, why
the bush is not burned. 4 & when the Lord saw he turned aside to see. God
called to him out of the midst of the bush & said, Moses, Moses!” & 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 & the Lord said, I have surely seen the
afflictions of My people who are in Egypt, & have heard their cry because
of their taskmasters & 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 & 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, & I will send you to
Pharaoh, that you may bring forth My people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.
Now, yes I did just write in this blog on this Moses and I had gotten back this wonderful response of what God continues to do in our lives when we truly abide daily, always connected to the Source of Him! ( this dear one shared the goodness of God and the word given them in a service that they were late for, and stood at the back of the room, but God met them there in the dark side of the room to speak directly to them..... and He is still operating in their lives today)
Captured by the sight of the burning bush, God certainly heard Moses heart and Moses with the humbled heart would himself turn to see what this burning bush meant. Moses touched God's heart by revering Him. And God gave Moses directions to not come near but do take off your shoes from your feet understanding God is holy and has nothing to do with sin.
God did not take an hour to describe how Moses had let HIM down when he Moses had killed the Egyptian, and God did not remind of all the other past mistakes, God had "this moment" to be speaking with Moses. And on God's heart was the cries of His people. This was given us in verse 9 of chapter 3 of Exodus: " Now behold the cry of the Israelites has come to Me & I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. 10 Come now therefore, & I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth My people, the Israelites, out of Egypt."
When Moses appeared in the wilderness and had come to Median, he had come from the strife of man to live in a place called strife. He would have no ease of life like he had as the son of Pharaoh. If you remember Stephen told us that Moses was educated in all the wisdom and culture of the Egyptians and he was powerful in his speech and deeds. Moses most likely acted like a Prince! (Acts 7:22) But Moses came to the wilderness and had to learn to survive. His clothing would have to be changed to that of a sheepherder.
God revealed the fire still burning. God was still active in Moses' life and Moses' had to see it. I also think it is powerful to see that these people were those as the sons of Abraham, those who had the father of faith. So now, God was sending Moses to his past to reconcile the people of God's eye back to God's personal involvement. Any personal time with God always involves our faith to be active. And it is our faith that pleases God. (Hebrews 11:6) Sometimes you can just be living out your week, when along comes someone who needs a touch from God and you seeing that person, and hearing God's heart you reach out to them in His truth, His love and His power.
Yes, there came that moment of a face off with Pharaoh!
A Face Off
with Pharaoh: Exodus 5:1-2 NIV Afterward Moses & Aaron went in & told
Pharaoh, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: “Let my people go, that they may
hold a feast to Me in the wilderness.” 2
Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD, that I should obey him & let Israel
go? I do not know the LORD & I will not let Israel go."
When man chooses his ways above that of God, he can find himself trying to dig his way out of a miry mess. Bartimaeus heard the crowd of people walking with Jesus and called out, "Son of David have mercy on me!" When one is blind and cannot lead them self out, they need help in a big way. Hearing of Jesus and hearing of His signs and wonders would propel this man to see Jesus and leave his past behind where the blind lead the blind. Bartimaeus had faith in Jesus for his healing.
In looking at the face off of Moses and Aaron with Pharaoh, we find the plagues were presented to him who had the 'hardened heart'. As Pharaoh was considered at that time as the embodiment of the god Horus, the king of the gods of the earth. Pharaoh held a view of himself as he who had a fortified city, he who had the great garrison of soldiers and charioteers, he who had qualified men to drive teams of horses for Pharaoh's advantage and prestige. Their Abrabian horses were bred to be used for the endurance of the run in the harsh and very dry climates of the Egyptian desert.
Still what wealth seen in this place will not make up for the hardness of a heart set for self worship. And Moses would have known the greatness of the special foods, the fabulous dressing apparel, for he experienced them living in Pharaoh's palace. Yet diseases were rampant and plagues were on their way to him who held such arrogance before God and God's people.
For whatever cure for Moses in the wilderness, his acknowledgement of God proved by the humble heart to speak to that which needed a healing from God the healer before the burning bush.
God showed the burning bush for Moses sake, but the signs and wonders that would come later would indicate God on the scene of His people. Jeremiah 31:2-3 Message Bible.......... This is the way God put it: "They found grace out in the desert, these people who survived the killing. Israel, out looking for a place to rest, met God out looking for them!" God told them, "I've never quit loving you and never will. Expect love, love and more love!
For you who have been given a word years or even decades ago, know that God will not forget what He has spoken and He will perform that word to come to pass in your lifetime. He has chosen this time to do what He, God does for His people's sake.
He does not want to talk you about your past unless you keep bringing it up to others, but repentance means we have turn from wicked ways. We should not desire to trust in our own hearts for it only appears as the heart of the 'fool'.
Choose this day to continue with your Father God and know He has the right path for you to take. It will be for His glory and to His praise. Lord, help my brothers and sisters in Christ to stay wise and separate from anything that might tempt them away from the high mark You have for their lives. For You our Father God hold the answers and You will most certainly perform them. May my brothers and sisters in Christ walk in those steps You have ordered in the ministry destined to those who know this word is theirs indeed.......in Jesus' name. Amen
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