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As we meditate upon God’s unchanging word, may you be touched by His Spirit, to hear His voice, receive understanding that makes you stand, upon His promise that declares… but those who seek the Lord, lack no good thing. [Psalms 34:10] God’s goodness becomes your experience, as you receive and understand the richness of His salvation, which even as you are being saved results in a renewing of your mind, an exchange of your thoughts for His thoughts that are higher and more glorious.
The unchanging purpose of God:
And it is also the truth that His purpose for your life is unchanging. Therefore , it is your mind that has to undergo a change to align with what He has purposed for you. And it happens as you go through a process of repentance, that is a change from going away from God, to turn towards Him. It is then that reconciliation and restoration can happen, as you are restored to your original intended purpose of God. And it all happens through the work of the Lord on the Cross, becoming yours, as God does His work of grace in your heart, to transform you, from being a sinner, to become a saint, a precious child of God. And, He says to you COME let us argue… A seemingly hostile invitation from God, it could appear to be; but itis an argument that you can happily lose! Come now, let us reason together’, says the Lord; Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; Though they are as red as crimson, they shall be like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best from the land. [Isaiah 1:18,19] The best from the land can be yours; if only you agree, respond rightly to obey what He bids you to do, when you are unable to understand the cause of negative circumstances of your life.
Not self talk, but, talking to God:
Indeed you and I do not know many things; and in order to figure things out, your mind is riddled with arguments that you have with your own self. And being angry and frustrated because of it, does not solve the issue, either. But, God invites you to come to Him, just as you are that the matter that is troubling you can be settled once and for all. For, reasoning with God will transform you, to give you a reason for living. And what better example of it can there be than the life of Moses!
God settles the questions of Moses:
Moses was born at a time that was very unfavorable for his very survival. But it was God’s appointed time. And he was brought up in the very place, the royal palace from where the law of the land had gone forth against his very existence on earth. It is how God protected him. Moses was raised as her own son, by the Pharoah’s daughter. But when he was forty years old, he decided to visit his fellow Israelites. [Acts 7:23] It is from God that the thought and the knowledge that he was an Israelite must have come in him. For, it is God who works in you, to will and to act according to His good pleasure. [Philippians 2:13] But Moses was led astray to act presumptuously, without any substantiation, into thinking that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue his own people, but they did not. [Acts 7:25]
Pre-eminence to the thoughts of God:
When it comes to pleasing man or pleasing God, pre-eminence needs to be given to what God thinks about it. For only He remains faithful to you , no matter what. People though, in most cases will give their approval of you, only if you toe their line. Moses, sadly, went to the extent of murder, just to gain the approval of man. But even then, God bids him to come, so that the issue could be settled permanently, to say, ‘I will remember your sins no more’.
God always remembers you:
God remembered Moses constantly. But He intervened at the right time, which was in the case of Moses, after forty years to bring him back to what He had called him to do. He does so, even in your life. And until He intervenes, simply to trust and obey, needs to be your attitude. After forty years in the wilderness, Moses could have been frustrated, or thought that he had lost it all concerning God’s purpose for his life, but God intervened, to answer every question that was in Moses, to bring him back to his original intended purpose, and a future.
The redemptive revelation of God:
Where there is no vision, or [redemptive revelation of God], the people perish. [Proverbs 18:29] For to live is futile can be the mental argument in a man, with his own self, as he faces the aftermath of something negative, a failure in his life, that leaves him feeling drained and hopeless. Yet, it was in the midst of his seemingly irrecoverable losses, with an understanding of God’s grace, that Job was able to declare, ‘I know my Redeemer lives. And it was that redemptive revelation of God that saw him ultimately doubly restored, and his latter days were more glorious than his former. And even in your life and mine, as we come to Him, no matter how red our sins are, He makes them white as snow. We stand purified by the Savior’s Blood. And God wins the argument.
‘Who am I?’ & ‘I am too old’:
When God intervened in the life of Moses, to go to Egypt, and deliver His people, ‘But, who am I God?’ was his reply. [Exodus 3:11] And it was not one of humility but rather reflected his lack of confidence, since he had failed earlier. And he considered himself to be too old to carry out the task now. But it was an argument that the God won, and still keeps winning in you, saying
‘I will be with you’:
And God said, ‘I will be with you…’ [Exodus 3:12] It is how He settled the issue, when it came to Moses’ reluctance and doubt. And right through the scriptures it is His promise when He calls a person to accomplish something A promise to which He adds, ‘I will never leave you, or forsake you’. It is why, your question needs to be
Not ‘who am I’ but, ‘whose am I?’:
And it is with the wisdom of God, that you can boldly declare that you belong to God, and be defined by Him, But now, this is what the Lord says, He who created you, O Jacob, He who formed you, O Israel Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine’. [Isaiah 43:1] ‘But now’ is what God spoke to His people, who went their own way, and met with failure and defeat. And He now says to you and I, who may be even now be in the same position, even as Moses was. He calls you by name, to say that you are His. And you can say like the apostle Paul – Not that we are competent in ourselves, to claim anything for ourselves, but our competency comes from God. [2 Corinthians 3:5]
Your adequacy, redefined:
1] Your qualification comes from God – He is with you;
2] Your power comes from God. [Acts 1: 8]
3] Your ability comes from Him
4] Your sufficiency is in Him
5] You are recommended by Him
When Moses reflected on his inadequacy, God settled the issue, saying ‘I know, but I am with you; and I can do it in you and through you.’ And may His word touch you this day, that He may do His wonderful work of grace in and through you, touch every raw nerve in you that needs healing, every aspect of your life, to flood you with the knowledge that your latter days will be more glorious than your former.
And You have a reason for living!:
Father, We thank thee for intervening in our lives at the right time. We thank Thee for the finished work of the Savior on the Cross, through which we can live for Thy glory, for filling us with hope, to know that you have wonderful plans still in store for us. And you are changing our reasoning, to give us a reason for living, for Thy glory. In the Name of Christ Jesus Amen.
