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When God determined the time was
right it was then HE sent Moses.
Had Moses only waited he would have
learnt how God intended to deliver
his people, manifest the impotence
of the Egyptian gods and make the
Egyptians aware that He is the LORD,
Jehovah, God most High. |
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Moses was not alone in being wrong
in the timing: |
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Jacob did the same thing. He tried
to get the blessings of his father
by deceit (Gen. 27:19). He lost the
fellowship of his mother, was a
stranger, and the two brothers were
never in full fellowship ever
again. If only he had waited on
God’s timing. Eve was wrong in the
timing (Gen. 4:1). When she got her
firstborn son she thought the
promise of God was fulfilled but she
was wrong in making her assumption,
and her son killed his brother. The
first murder and murderer in the
history of the world. |
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Failings and falls are indispensable
lessons in our spiritual sojourn.
Failures or acting with zeal but
lack of knowledge leads us to
appreciate a little more of the
tender mercies of the Lord in His
Shepherding care. |
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As with Peter, God allows our sinful
nature and imagined spirituality to
transform us from knowing about God
to knowing God and our sinful
presumptuousness (Mk. 14:29). |
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Despite this dreadful deed, He
learnt that: |
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God in grace can take the dark
failures of life to be ready for the
next step in spiritual development. |
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How tender Moses would be afterward
to those who would act in the flesh
and fall. |
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How humble Moses would be in his
place in the economy of God. |
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He became the meekest man on the
earth (Num. 12:3). |
Moses Murdered The Egyptian |
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Major lesson here for our learning
are: |
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The danger of being like Moses and
acting before God’s time,
authentication or way. |
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He had to learn that all the wisdom
of Egypt could never deliver God's
people. |
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He had to learn that all the
security he had as a prince could
not deliver God's people. |
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Jacob acted in the wrong time, way
and in the flesh and what sorrows it
has caused. |
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By acting naturally Moses fell into
distrust with his fellow Israelites
and the possibility of death from
Pharaoh. |
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To act naturally, emotionally, with
earthy reasoning brings externally,
possibly years of hopelessness,
depression, worthlessness having
made ones self a complete failure
and unspeakable regrets. |
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The Hebrews were not yet assured of
His leadership, therefore wait until
God authenticates his leadership by
miracles, not Moses acting in the
flesh. Many an individual has to
convictions they have been gifted by
God or gifted to do a particular
work. However, others will need the
convictions also and that does not
come by natural evidences but by the
working of God. |
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Failure is God’s
way of preparing us for to learn
deep and significant spiritual
truth: of transforming us from
merely knowing about God to knowing
God. |
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God allowed his sinful nature to
function unchecked so that he could
learn: |
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The graciousness of God in using him
despite the fallings |
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The ability of God to turn the dark
happenings of life to something
useful for Him |
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God overrules the evil for the
fulfilment of His plan. |
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God brought good out of evil, and by
the dark happenings forced Moses
into the next level of his spiritual
training. |
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How tender this man would be
afterward to others who fall. |
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How humble this man would be about
his place in the economy of God. |
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Like Moses, we must learn to wait
for God, doing things in God’s
time and God’s
way. |
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. . . .Rowan Jennings |
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