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Moses – Water to Wine Part 5 – God’s Power and Strength through Our Weakness
Moses – Water to Wine Part 5 – God’s Power and Strength through Our Weakness
Yesterday in chapter 3, we saw how God got the attention of Moses in a dramatic way on Mount Sinai and began to speak to him. God told him about all of the powerful and amazing things He was going to do through Him when He sent Moses back to Egypt to rescue the children of
Israel. While in awe of what he was seeing and hearing, Moses sat and listened throughout the chapter.
But today, Moses begins to realize just how great these things would all be and how he was a “nobody” among his people. After all, remember that he had fled from his people and
But today, Moses begins to realize just how great these things would all be and how he was a “nobody” among his people. After all, remember that he had fled from his people and
Egypt in fear for his life. He feels completely unqualified for this assignment and questions if God has made a mistake.
Brothers and sisters, God already knew Moses intimately… He knew what was in his heart (he had the heart of a shepherd). It was this weakness that qualified
Brothers and sisters, God already knew Moses intimately… He knew what was in his heart (he had the heart of a shepherd). It was this weakness that qualified
Moses to be used by the LORD to do amazing things. The same is true for every notable hero throughout the bible. Are you sitting down? The same is also true for you and me. It is the nobodies of this world that God has always used to shake it (even today).
So the LORD gives him
So the LORD gives him
three simple miracles that Moses will use to convince his people that he is speaking the words of God. Then He addresses Moses lack of confidence in his ability to speak with boldness. In these verses, we see the LORD of all creation taking precious and intimate time with this
man. He is preparing Moses to fulfill steps in his divine purpose within the kingdom… steps that Moses was born and destined to fulfill. All of this is also true for you and me. We have a divine purpose and God will accomplish it with His strength through our weakness.
Signs of the Lord’s Power
1 But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The Lord never appeared to you’?”
2 Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied.
3 “Throw it down on the
1 But Moses protested again, “What if they won’t believe me or listen to me? What if they say, ‘The Lord never appeared to you’?”
2 Then the Lord asked him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A shepherd’s staff,” Moses replied.
3 “Throw it down on the
ground,” the Lord told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back.
4 Then the Lord told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand.
5 “Perform this sign,”
4 Then the Lord told him, “Reach out and grab its tail.” So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd’s staff in his hand.
5 “Perform this sign,”
the Lord told him. “Then they will believe that the Lord, the God of their ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—really has appeared to you.”
6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand inside his
6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now put your hand inside your cloak.” So Moses put his hand inside his
cloak, and when he took it out again, his hand was white as snow with a severe skin disease. 7 “Now put your hand back into your cloak,” the Lord said. So Moses put his hand back in, and when he took it out again, it was as healthy as the rest of his body.
8 The Lord said to
8 The Lord said to
Moses, “If they do not believe you and are not convinced by the first miraculous sign, they will be convinced by the second sign. 9 And if they don’t believe you or listen to you even after these two signs, then take some water from the Nile River and pour it out on the dry
ground. When you do, the water from the Nile will turn to blood on the ground.”
10 But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”
10 But Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”
11 Then the Lord asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear, see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”
13 But Moses again
13 But Moses again
pleaded, “Lord, please! Send anyone else.”
14 Then the Lord became angry with Moses. “All right,” he said. “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he speaks well. And look! He is on his way to meet you now. He will be delighted to see you. 15 Talk to him, and put the
14 Then the Lord became angry with Moses. “All right,” he said. “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he speaks well. And look! He is on his way to meet you now. He will be delighted to see you. 15 Talk to him, and put the
words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do. 16 Aaron will be your spokesman to the people. He will be your mouthpiece, and you will stand in the place of God for him, telling him what to say. 17 And take your shepherd’s
staff with you, and use it to perform the miraculous signs I have shown you.” - Exodus 4:1-17
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