IT'S MORE THAN YOU THINK (5 OF 5)
by Bob Ingle
Scripture: Exodus 4:1-2
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It's More Than You Think (5 of 5)
Series: Beyond Us
Bob Ingle
Exodus 4:1-2
I would love for you to do two things for me:
#1. Take out your bible and open it to Exodus 4.
#2. Take out the commitment card you either brought today or one in the chair in front of you.
Exodus 3 and 4 is a favorite scene of mine as God calls Moses to an impossible challenge through a burning bush. Moses is a stuttering shepherd living on the backside of a desert, and the God of heaven bellows from the bush, ''I want you to go to the most powerful man in the world, the Pharaoh of Egypt and demand the release of My people. You will lead them into a land I've already prepared for you.''
Moses, on self-preservation instincts alone, starts backpedaling and excuse making big time. He doesn't want to go. He knows he doesn't have the brains, or the courage, or the political clout, or the speaking ability to accomplish such a task. Moses balks and says, ''I can't do that! No one will ever believe You sent me.'' But God shows him something that he can't see. Look at Exodus 4:1-2 (READ).
I love God's simple question: ''What's in your hand?'' Moses says, ''It's just a staff. It's just a stick every shepherd uses.'' But God saw something Moses couldn't see. God saw something more.
V3-4 (READ) Isn't that hilarious? Moses went home and said: ''What a crazy day at the office, a bush spoke to me and my staff tried to kill me.'' I hope we get to see that on replay in heaven.
If you know the story of Moses, you know that same shepherd's staff was used in other miracles as well. Moses touched the Nile River with it and it turned to blood. He touched the dust of the ground and it turned to lice. God commanded Moses to stretch it out over the Red Sea and the waters divided. In the wilderness, he hit a rock with it and water came gushing out. God took something very ordinary in Moses' hand and did something extraordinary with it. Because of the power of God, that staff in Mos ...
Series: Beyond Us
Bob Ingle
Exodus 4:1-2
I would love for you to do two things for me:
#1. Take out your bible and open it to Exodus 4.
#2. Take out the commitment card you either brought today or one in the chair in front of you.
Exodus 3 and 4 is a favorite scene of mine as God calls Moses to an impossible challenge through a burning bush. Moses is a stuttering shepherd living on the backside of a desert, and the God of heaven bellows from the bush, ''I want you to go to the most powerful man in the world, the Pharaoh of Egypt and demand the release of My people. You will lead them into a land I've already prepared for you.''
Moses, on self-preservation instincts alone, starts backpedaling and excuse making big time. He doesn't want to go. He knows he doesn't have the brains, or the courage, or the political clout, or the speaking ability to accomplish such a task. Moses balks and says, ''I can't do that! No one will ever believe You sent me.'' But God shows him something that he can't see. Look at Exodus 4:1-2 (READ).
I love God's simple question: ''What's in your hand?'' Moses says, ''It's just a staff. It's just a stick every shepherd uses.'' But God saw something Moses couldn't see. God saw something more.
V3-4 (READ) Isn't that hilarious? Moses went home and said: ''What a crazy day at the office, a bush spoke to me and my staff tried to kill me.'' I hope we get to see that on replay in heaven.
If you know the story of Moses, you know that same shepherd's staff was used in other miracles as well. Moses touched the Nile River with it and it turned to blood. He touched the dust of the ground and it turned to lice. God commanded Moses to stretch it out over the Red Sea and the waters divided. In the wilderness, he hit a rock with it and water came gushing out. God took something very ordinary in Moses' hand and did something extraordinary with it. Because of the power of God, that staff in Mos ...
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