Monday, February 2, 2009
Get going!
Exodus 33:1 "The Lord said to Moses, 'Get going, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt." Timeless instructions from the Lord! All these centuries (yea millenia) later the word of the Lord to the called and sent is "get going". Yes, we don't know exactly where we are going, nor what we are to do along the way or when we get there (and my experience is that there always gets moved farther out). However we don't have to know everything to act on what we do know. All we are ever called on to give an account of and to offer to others along the way is our experience, strength and hope. We are not powerless, ignorant or lost about where to head and what to do. We are to head out on our mission field and be on the look out for those who are not yet at home with Jesus and his tribe. To wait for further instructions from the Lord is to play like he has not already given us enough to get on the mission field and see what happens then. Get going, the Lord told Moses. There was a lot more he and the people would hear from the Lord. But not unless they acted on what they had already been told.
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Steve, thanks so much for taking your time to help explain certain areas with your own style...
ReplyDeleteI do have a question about something that continues to come up over the past several readings. What is up with YEAST?
Hey everyone, I found something kinda convenient. If you go to www.lifejournal.cc and follow the prompts in this order- Todays life Journal Reading- Read Now- Read Todays Devotions. That will take you to BibleGateway.com where it automatically displays todays reading in whatever version you choose (King James, NIV, NLT, etc.). This might come in handy at work during lunch or whenever you don't have your Bible and Life Journal calendar with you.
ReplyDeleteGreg, yeast is a substance that permeates a whole ball of dough. It's a small thing but affects a much larger thing. The teaching is not to worry about what impact you are having in sharing your experience, strength and hope. It is like yeast (or salt) because Jesus takes whatever we offer for his sake and makes it so.
ReplyDeleteGreat resource, Dave. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAs someone who makes bread on occasion, here's my take on it. You can't let something rise while on the move. Your dough will fall. They were on the move out of Egypt and didn't have the leisure of waiting around for their bread to rise for several hours. Physically it wouldn't have worked very well. God had plans for them that didn't include leisure time.
ReplyDeleteThat more often than not seems to be his plans for me too, Renee. At least not as much leisure time as I seem to want.
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