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Exodus 3:1-6, Exodus 4:1-9

God is purposeful in all of His operations. He called MosesÕ attention for His intention. Moses, having fled to Midian because of his murder case, became a shepherd. As a shepherd, he needed to have a rod. A man that was not exposed to a rod for forty years became a rod-specialist. For forty years, the rod was his number one companion at work. He will not go to work as a shepherd without the rod in his hand. God wants to use you and what you have closest to you. What is in your hand? Is it the hand of your wife, or your husband? Do you realize that if you do not turn your attention to what is in your hand; the possibility of missing your the entire journey of life is high? Moses, after training for eighty years (forty in the palace, forty as a shepherd), needed to gain the attention of what was in his hand to serve the intention of God. MosesÕ attention began to turn around when he turned aside to the burning bush. Exodus 3:4, ÒSo when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look , God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ÔMoses, Moses!Ó And he said, ÔHere I am.ÕÓ After hearing and answering God, he later found out what was in his hand for GodÕs intention. Exodus 4:2, ÒSo the Lord said to him, ÔWhat is that in your hand? He said, a rod.ÕÓ Moses had a rod for his journey for the Lord. Do you wonder what is in your hand? Maybe He has called and you did not heed to attend to His intention. Ask Him for mercy to be able to identify what He has deposited in your life that is meant for the fulfillment of your destiny.

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Exodus 1, 2

Moses was meant to be killed at birth by the king of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Egypt, but God meant for Moses to be trained in the palace of the king of Egypt. What a mighty God we serve! Where they have pronounced death for your life, He has announced life. God made a way for Moses to be trained in the very place where the King of Egypt passed a law to kill every male son, two years and under, born by Hebrew women. Man proposes, but God disposes. God has a divine schedule for all His creation as He does for Moses. God wanted Him to be trained in the palace of Pharaoh where he could learn and know all that he needed to know before sending him to be trained as a shepherd. Do you not wonder how God works? Moses was trained for forty years in the palace. In his support for his Hebrew brethren, he killed an Egyptian. Exodus 1:15, ÒWhen Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.Ó Moses fled into his training ground–another forty years of training as a shepherd. God is in total control of your life. You can run, but you cannot hide. Commit all of your concerns into His hand; you do not need to understand where you are going but know and understand the One that is taking you. For forty years he was trained to know Egypt from the highest ground and to be a shepherd of highest quality. By the hand of God, he was trained and qualified to lead the children of Israel out of bondage of over four hundred years. Consider your ups and downs as a training route so He can retain you for His divine schedule for your life.

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Genesis 13:1-18

It is always better to wait before you act, not act before you wait. When you wait before you act, God will always act on your behalf. Abraham, with his good heart, took < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Lot with him when he was not supposed to. In their journeys together from one land to another land, their possessions became larger, and there was a need for separation. Genesis 13:6, ÒNow the land was not able to support them, that they might dwell together, for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together.Ó With growth came strife and need for Abraham and Lot to separate from each other. As a result, there was a call for the separation of land between Abraham and Lot. Genesis 13:10, ÒAnd Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.Ó Lot chose the best without any hesitation. Lot could not wait for the older man, Abraham. Abraham did not object but accepted and agreed with Lot. Abraham waited, and God acted. Genesis 13:14, ÒAnd the Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from Him: ÔLift your eyes now and look from the place where you are Ð northward, southward, eastward, and westward; for all the land which you see I give to you and your descendants forever.Ó Do you believe that the same God is still working His wonderful miracle? God will not fail to reward you if you can wait for Him to act on your behalf. Lot could not wait, and his choice led him down an unwanted, painful path.

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Exodus 17:1-7, Numbers 27:12-14

When you fail to remember Him for what He is, what He has done, what He is doing, what He will do; or you fail to remember what the instruction for your assignment is, you are bound to pay the price. When you fail to remember Him, you will lose focus. When you lose focus, you will rebel. To rebel is to complain or not to hallow His holy name. Consider the story of Moses and Aaron for a moment. Numbers 27:14, ÒFor in the Wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to hallow Me at the waters before their eyes.Ó (These are the waters of Meribah, at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) Moses and Aaron, giants in the hand of God, left < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Egypt, but Egypt did not leave them. You have given your life to Christ and your lifestyle is still holding you back. Today, begin to think of whom you are as a child of God; understand where He is leading you. Moses could only see the promise but could not step on the promise land. God does not and will not overlook sin; there are consequences for all that you do. Remember God and hallow Him because He is a jealous God. When you hallow Him, He will uphold you in all of your steps.

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Exodus 14: 12-30

The children of < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>Israel, fresh from bondage of over four hundred years fled into a giant obstacle. You can imagine them coming out of that bondage with miracles and favor bestowed upon them by their Egyptian masters, through the hand of God. It should be expected that nothing will cause them to be moved by fear. The moment they realized a new danger–the Red Sea–in front, and their masters chasing from behind, and there was no turning left or right, they became afraid. The children of Israel instantly forgot to remember what God had done to get them to where they were in their journey. Where you are at this point of your journey does not matter, but He that brought you to where you are is the One that matters. You owe Him all the focus. If He chose to terminate or to see you through your journey, no devil under heaven can stop Him. In the case of the Israelites, Moses said to them in Exodus 14:13, ÒAnd Moses said to the people, do not be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which He will accomplish for you today, for the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall see again no more forever.Ó The Lord said it, the Lord did it. What He said to them He has said to you. However, for you not to see the Egyptians that you have left behind, and still chasing you, follow what Moses said: 1. Do not be afraid, 2. Stand still, 3. See your salvation (even though it is not at hand, but believe it is there), 4. When you begin to see it, you have provoked His hand, 5. He will do it. Do you believe? If you will hold your peace by taking to MosesÕ suggestion, then he will fight for you.