You just never know what God may do with the rest of what time you still have left down here on this earth! If Moses can do this, so can any other Christian who has established a good, working relationship with the Lord. The story of Moses is a perfect, dramatic, and powerful example of just how far someone can go with God if they are willing to follow God fully and not be afraid to walk with His anointing. God's action in the Story of Moses. removed, Pharaoh's heart became even harder. I have been praying to God for deliverance for years. Bless you Sir continue the good work. God will lead you on a daily basis as to what needs to be accomplished for that day. All they had to do was do exactly what God was telling them to do on a step-by-step basis and then God did the rest. c)  This is also a time where a lot of knowledge will be worked into you regarding your specific call. Many people do not make it through this tough time of testing, and they then end up missing out on their calls with God. Particular, the wilderness expereince helped me to understand my own spiritual process. There is a time to question God, to press in and seek after answers from Him. If any of you are ever asked by God to do something that is out of your comfort zone, out of your own natural abilities – remember this part of the story of Moses. How many of you, or how many of you have known someone who has been at the end of their cliff or at the end of their rope with absolutely nowhere else to go. I am touched and humbled beyond expression. Explain that the story of God saving baby Moses is similar to another story we read in the New Testament about baby Jesus. He will strip out many of the normal things in your life. The story of Moses is a dramatic example of the “anointing in action” operating through an individual to accomplish what appeared to be an impossible mission. Again, if God did all of this for Moses, then He will do it for each and every Christian who will fully surrender their lives over to Him and are willing to be led by the Holy Spirit on a daily basis. The bible became my map pointing me in the direction I should go. If God can literally part the Red Sea like He did in this story with Moses, then God can part and take care of your red sea if you are willing to press in, request that He help you out, and be willing to believe and have faith that He will take care of the situation. I will not go into all the different reasons why many people are afraid to establish a close personal relationship with the Lord in this article. Wow! He was the youngest of three children, with a sister named Miriam and a brother named Aaron. When God sees this, He becomes so furious that He literally wants to consume the Israelites right there on the spot. I’ve experienced deep depression due to chemical imbalances, deep financial issues to near bankruptcy, severe family issues, being wrongly sued by a large corporation for an issue they created but did not want to take the blame, business partners not doing the duties, etc,. All rights reserved. So when Moses heard God say these words he was afraid and covered his face with his cloak. For those of you who are ever faced with what appears to be an impossible mission or task to perform, just remember this man’s story and what happened when he was willing to step out with enough belief and faith in God to let His supernatural power flow and operate through him. My job have desreased my hours in a week. They were both true heroes of the faith and there is much to learn from both of their stories in the Lord. My finance is not what it used to be. In the natural realm, they have nowhere else to go or turn to. And look at what happened. They begin to explore how the message of God's action in the world is shared through scripture. God then parts the Red Sea with a dry ground mass so they can safely cross over to the other side. Some people do not want to pay a price for anything. Although he had some setbacks in life, he still never gave up the close walk with God and so persuasively endured to bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt. Moses as a Baby (God’s Protection) God Speaks with Moses (God’s Holiness) Pharaoh’s Last Chance (Fearing God) Parting the Red Sea (God’s Power) The Ten Commandments (Obedience) Wandering in the Desert (Contentment) Sam Luce has posted the following on his popular kidmin blog. You can find this story in Exodus 2-4.” am so blessed by Moses’story The Adam and Eve Story God made sure they had enough manna raining down from heaven on a daily basis to keep them properly fed. Lots of thoughts went through my head – the rebirth of God’s people after the flood, the rebirth of Israelites through Moses, to … I don’t. All Christians have the Holy Spirit living and dwelling on the inside of them. Yes I had also Red Sea in my life ten years ago I almost died with negligence from my doctor I forgive him his also human committed mistakes my doctor during operation done of my appendicites thats collapsed caused me almost death the doctor closed my operation then after while Im in the recovery room I lost more blood the doctor assigned in the recovery room checked and noticed something not good with me suddenly run and calls my assined operating doctor and they ran me back to operated again and thanks GOD I was saved and have my life back. G. Godwyn Moses is an energetic man of God, born to Mr. Gladstone Isaac and…, Het is voor mij lange tijd een worsteling geweest of ik mijn overtuiging met bet…, Game highlights dari weekly pick-up game. STORY 34 A New Kind of Food STORY 35 Jehovah Gives His Laws ... STORY 80 God’s People Leave Babylon And the list can go on. It is scary, nerve wracking, and it will test your patience and faith in God to its absolute limits like it did with Moses and the Israelites. As I have stated numerous times in many of my other articles, the #1 thing God wants to do with each one of us is to establish a close, intimate, personal relationship. Im preparing for the day works and the Holy spirit guided me to set down a minute to check friends emails since they never had I click the google and goes to Bible story and I click the life of Moises. Moses was a man of humble heart and contrite spirit. The Names of Jesus: Who is Jesus According to the Scriptures? I will leave you with one last thought for those of you who either may be in some type of wilderness experience at this time, or who may be brought into one sometime in the future. Excellent commentary on the story of Moses ! When God Says No: How to Handle Unanswered Prayers in Your Life, Applying the Parable of the Good Samaritan to Our Lives Today, Comfort Zones and How They Hinder Us Spiritually. For many, the wilderness is where they make their greatest strides in spiritual growth. It really is that simple! In fact in the Bible God told Moses, “My name is I Am!” Group Questions: 1. However, for those of you who are very comfortable and very appreciative of these manifestations when they do occur, just remember the story of Moses and what an incredible thing it really is whenever God does decide to manifest Himself to you in any way that He should choose to do so. If God did all of this for Moses – what can He do for you? Moses says that who is he to accomplish such a task. This story is a perfect example of what God can do on your behalf if He should choose to do so. People seem to really be afraid of any kind of direct contact with God. By going through these lean and dry times, it will also cause you to really start leaning and depending upon God more than you may ever have done before. As a result of the curse of Adam and Eve that is still in full operation in this world, there is a price to pay for anything good that we will want in this life. Again, this is not something that He puts everyone through. Live. In a matter of weeks battles raged both outside th… Free will- If I am not wrong the only case where God interfere with Human Being’s free will is when he turns Pharaoh heart and mind rock solid. All Christians need to realize that if God calls you to do anything on His behalf, that He will also anoint you with His supernatural power to get the job done. This part of Moses’ story shows you the power of intercessory prayer and what prayer can accomplish if God is properly approached. Moses was 80 years old when God first made contact with Him and called him out for the deliverance mission that He had in store for him. Jesus is the vine – we are the branches. Even this miracle had not turned the hearts of many among the millions that entered into the Sinai desert. He stayed true, loyal, and faithful to the Lord during these trying times, and he never once strayed from God as His loyal representative. God finally gives in at this point and tells Moses that He will also anoint his brother Aaron for the job, that He will be with the both of them, and that Aaron will be his mouthpiece to the people since Moses had no faith in God’s anointing to enable him to speak effectively to the people and to the Pharaoh. I’ve always believed in Jesus & God & have seen a few personal miracles in my lifetime (I’m 54). Stay the course with God, hold fast to Him, let Him complete whatever He wants to do with you in this wilderness experience, and you will then be rewarded – possibly beyond your wildest dreams or expectations! He has done so much for me in my 59 years of life including saving me from death more than once. Moses should serve as a powerful role model for any Christian who finds himself in an environment of negativity and pessimism – either at home or in the workplace. When he came down all the people listened to Moses as he told them what God had said. In the story of Moses, the main reason He did it was to test the Israelites – to see if they would hold fast to Him, to see if they would follow Him fully, and to see if they would follow all of His laws and commandments. We just have to pay attention and beleive. However, when he showed God three times that he had no confidence in his own abilities to do this, God then goes to Plan B and anoints and sends his brother Aaron to go with him. In one lifetime – in a 40 year period – Moses was able to: And all of this occurred within a 40 year time period! From Crossroads Kids Club, “Moses was chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from slavery, but he didn’t believe he could do it because he didn’t realize he had a special place in God’s family. Moses did two powerful things that dramatically changed the course and quality of his life: Totally surrender your life over to God the Father, ask Him to place you in His perfect will for your life, find out what your call and purpose is going to be for Him, and then do not be afraid to enter into a dynamic, powerful, personal relationship with Him. Since much of your social time has been decreased, God will arrange for you to have more time to gain knowledge on whatever your call is going to be in Him. Sometimes people may be to weak to pray for themselves. This story is prophetic to the children of Israel. The past 15 yrs. March 17, 2004, I became a born again through the blood of Jesus. God used the pride of this unbelieving king. The story of God using Moses to set the children of Israel free is getting more and more interesting! I want a close and personal relationship with God. Moses and Aaron had absolutely no problems in being able to accomplish this impossible mission because God’s anointing and power got the job done for them. Hebrew 9:27 says men will die once. Discovered by the Pharaoh’s daughter, she named him Moses because “she drew him out of the water”. All of their dead bodies ended up being washed up on the shore for all of God’s people to see! There is no negotiating with God in this higher level with Him. God threw 10 powerful judgments at the Pharaoh in order to break him so that he would let His people go. God had given him a direct order to speak out to a rock and God would then cause water to flow out from this rock. Moses was also dealing with a miracle that God was wanting to perform. He was saved when other baby boys were being killed. Wow! Am blessed and lifted. This story proves, without any shadow of a doubt, that God’s supernatural power can overcome any situation – no matter how hopeless it may look to you in the natural. Devotional. God is no respecter of persons. His sermon was about the story of Moses & he delivered the story fabulously! That you can trust Him to see you all the way through, and that you will make the team and the call that He has set up for your life once you have passed all of your tests. God's presence as Savior was evident in Moses' early life. He was chosen to lead God's people out of Egypt because Pharaoh was treating them badly. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. Dare to let God do the same for you. When Moses and his brother Aaron got to Egypt the Lord told them what to do. The actual parting of the Red Sea as described above has to be one of the most dramatic and powerful miracles in all of the Old Testament. may lord bless u people for ur comments. How intimate and touching just like our families prepare and bury their members. God speaks to us in so many ways. This article will be an extension off the article I just did titled, “The Story of Moses.” As I said in that article, I believe this man has one of the most powerful and dramatic stories in all of the Old Testament. Tracy. Second, if you trust him and follow him in the obedience of faith, then you are the heirs not only of God's covenant with Abraham but also God's covenant through Moses. As Moses approached the bush, God said to him, “‘Do not come any closer … Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground’” (Exodus 3:5). If God is going to call you to do something specific for Him in this life, then you can full faith and assurance that God knows exactly what He is doing with you. I feel like I have had a Moses/Red Sea experience and my story is still being played out. In addition to the 10 commandments were other specific laws and ways that He wanted the children of Israel to abide by. If you do, you could seriously jeopardize anything else that God may want to do through you. At times, Moses even stayed God’s anger, convincing him to forgive the Israelites and hold back his punishment for their disobedience (Numbers 11:2, Numbers 14:19–20, Exodus 32:14). Here is the verse that tells you word-for-word what Moses said to God to get Him to change His mind: Then Moses pleaded with the Lord his God, and said: “Lord, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people whom you have brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? Just like professional sport teams have try-outs to see who is going to be good enough to make the team – God will arrange to have some of you tested to see if you will have enough faith in Him, and have the fortitude, patience, resolve, courage, and stamina to make it all the way through. These were men that Moses had heard about. For some reasons, I would say that he was a man of great faith and love. God will work with anyone who is willing to enter into this realm with Him. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc Here are the two verses giving Moses these two incredible compliments direct from the Lord Himself: The second verse is one of the last verses that are at the end of this man’s story. God wants the same thing from each of us. God perfectly led Moses every step of the way the minute he decided to accept God’s call on his life. Moses was a Hebrew. Moses promised God that the Hebrews would keep all of the Commandments. Although Moses grew up among the Egyptians, and gained their learning, he loved his own people. Students engage with the Moses story using the three worlds of the text. This is also a price-paying period. Three days later, I was watching a Kirk Franklin video “Imagine Me” when a few of TD Jakes sermons along with others popped up on the right hand of the screen. The Israelites wandered in the desert for forty years on their way from Egypt to the Promised Land. They then start to cross over onto the dry ground mass that the Israelites had just crossed over on. One view says Moses and Elijah could have been the two witness in the book of Revelations. The Bible says that the Israelites were constantly complaining, moaning, and bellyaching about their lot. If each Christian would be willing do both of these things, I believe that God would then take them into heights and adventures that would possibly be beyond their wildest dreams. Moses, Hebrew Moshe, (flourished 14th–13th century bce), Hebrew prophet, teacher, and leader who, in the 13th century bce (before the Common Era, or bc), delivered his people from Egyptian slavery.In the Covenant ceremony at Mt. He will be very stubborn and it will take many signs and miracles before he will let you go; but everyone will know that I am God when he finally frees the Israelites." The verses tell us Moses took his father-in-law’s flock beyond the wilderness to “Horeb, the mountain of God”. I decided to listen to one of them & wouldn’t you know… it was the same story, just delivered a little differently. When this happens, the Egyptians get caught on the dry ground mass and the sea waters completely drown and kill each and every one of them that tried to chase down God’s people. He has something specific that He wants them to do in this life. Your email address will not be published. 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