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Moses – Water to Wine Part 6 – The God Who Unites

This morning when the LORD woke me up, before even going to the scripture, He placed this theme on my heart and then had me to lay there and just ponder it deeply. As I pondered in my mind, He showed me examples of how He looks at things so very differently than we do. He said

that it is because of our nature… we see things by default as pessimists.

We separate, categorize, compare and compete with each other… God unites.

We focus on our differences, what we can NOT do, what is wrong all around us… God unites and says “Yes we can.”

After pondering these things for quite a while this morning, it occurred to me that we were about to cover the final part of this series from the book of Exodus, coming back to the place where we started in part 1. This theme that I just described has been pervasive and a thread

woven throughout all of these situations and encounters that we read about in the journey of Moses. It is still very much pervasive among us today.

The LORD God is very active right here in our midst doing things to reunite what the enemy has torn apart and separated. But

instead of focusing on the LORD… instead of listening to His voice or mediating on His Word and His promises, we focus on what’s wrong and all of the negative. Instinctively we see our cup always as half-empty. Meanwhile, the LORD patiently waits… He waits with a blessing so

big that we won’t have room enough to receive it… He waits with His promises.

Moses Returns to Egypt
18 So Moses went back home to Jethro, his father-in-law. “Please let me return to my relatives in Egypt,” Moses said. “I don’t even know if they are still alive.”

“Go in peace,” Jethro replied.

19 Before Moses left Midian, the Lord said to him, “Return to Egypt, for all those who wanted to kill you have died.”

20 So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to the land of Egypt. In his hand he carried the staff

of God.

21 And the Lord told Moses, “When you arrive back in Egypt, go to Pharaoh and perform all the miracles I have empowered you to do. But I will harden his heart so he will refuse to let the people go. 22 Then you will tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Israel is my

firstborn son. 23 I commanded you, “Let my son go, so he can worship me.” But since you have refused, I will now kill your firstborn son!’”

24 On the way to Egypt, at a place where Moses and his family had stopped for the night, the Lord confronted him and was about to kill him.

25 But Moses’ wife, Zipporah, took a flint knife and circumcised her son. She touched his feet with the foreskin and said, “Now you are a bridegroom of blood to me.” 26 (When she said “a bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.) After that, the Lord left him

alone.

27 Now the Lord had said to Aaron, “Go out into the wilderness to meet Moses.” So Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God, and he embraced him. 28 Moses then told Aaron everything the Lord had commanded him to say. And he told him about the miraculous signs the

Lord had commanded him to perform.

29 Then Moses and Aaron returned to Egypt and called all the elders of Israel together. 30 Aaron told them everything the Lord had told Moses, and Moses performed the miraculous signs as they watched. 31 Then the people of Israel were convinced

that the Lord had sent Moses and Aaron. When they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped. - Exodus 4:18-31
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