WE CELEBRATE JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD AND SAVIOR EVERYDAY -- 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31
Post date: Jan 3, 2014 5:00:20 AM
“Then He said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God. The Lord said, I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey, the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” Exodus 3:6-10
There is nothing as encouraging and gladdening to the heart as one receiving an assurance from the Almighty God before engaging on any mission in life, before pursuing any of your dreams, before trusting your visions and plans, before following the path of any of your desire, before saying yes and accepting any offer in life. The assurance from God does not come cheap to anyone, you have to seek it with all your heart and invest yourself submissively to Him, and you have to be very patience and focused entirely on Him. Though God’s assurance does not come cheap, He is willing to give it to everyone who truly desires to follow Him with all sincerity of purpose. The first point is a right wholehearted desire.
It amazes me to read for the very first time, God had to personally refer Moses to His past miraculous actions in the lives of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. How in His love, He took a personal decision to promise Abraham, to walk with Him, blessed him, intervened in his entire life, direct his steps, deliver him, and fulfill all His words to him, and how He enabled Isaac and Jacob to inherit the promises in their lifetime.
God made that statement to enable Moses to get him to accept the call and to be ready for the mission ahead. This personal referral was as a result of the prayers of the children of Israel, when they were constantly abused, their freedom forcefully taken, when they were in pains and in need of relieve; when they were under severe and constant oppression, when they were used a slaves, and when they did not like what they were doing daily.
God did not tell Moses this to boast His own ability, but to boast Moses confidence, to encourage Moses to make the move, to keep Moses focused on Him, to trust Him and to give Moses the personal conviction he needed to get out of his sorrows, get out of his self-rejection, get out of his low self-esteem, accept the offer, and take up the mission offered with the joy that as God was with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, so will He also be with him in the mission ahead. And this is the assurance God is giving to you today.
Everyone who believes in God, waits on Him, follows Him and prayed for anything, has this expectation, to see God’s testimonies in their lives. When such expectations are fulfilled, no one will be able to fault it, no one will be able to deny it, resist it, and no one will ever be the same again from that time forward. That is what will happen to you in 2014, undeniable manifestation.
Abraham was a success, Isaac was a success, Jacob was a success, Moses was a success and you will be a success. God was proud of them and will be proud of you also. Like that of Moses, this is your assurance as a believer in Jesus Christ today “The Lord himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deuteronomy 31:8