Exodus chapter 7. I'm not sure where to start. There was a lot that God spoke to me about. I'll just focus on a few things. When we are called into Ministry we become God's representative. When we speak and live Christ we become the Bible to those who do not know Christ. A huge responsibility for we are called to be holy people before God. Age has nothing to do on whether you are God's representative or not. God wants to use each and every one of us to present his truth to a Dying World.
Without going into great detail like I did in my notebook, let me mention 6 ingredients for presenting God's word.
1. Know God's Word.
2. Share it with confidence.
3. Speak with authority.
4. Let love be what is heard and seen.
5. Be consistent
6. Most importantly, be obedient.
Our job is not to get people saved. Our job is to be obedient in presenting God's truth. It's his job to change the heart of those around us. That should take a lot of Burden off from us as we look for results. Don't worry about the results. Let God worry about results let us be obedient in presenting the truth!
Those are 6 great ingredients that Pastor Blair has shared with us today!
I was thinking about how discouraging it must have been for Moses when he saw that Pharaoh’s wise men were able to repeat what was done with Aaron’s staff by having their staffs also turn into serpents. While this was a display of power that reminds me of how Satan tries to copy God, it also showed how God is the most powerful of all by the fact that Aaron’s staff swallowed up all the other staffs. God is about to show how His power and authority is supreme over all and He is really no match for any of the fake gods in Egypt or anything anywhere in the universe that He has created.
So true, Jim – Satan and his minions can imitate some miracles but they cannot reverse the plagues. It’s not in them. They never make anything better; they can only make it worse. If we focus on the message not the miracle, we can know what comes from God.
I found this an Enduring Word:
God showed amazing patience with His servant Moses. After the outburst at the end of the previous chapter, we might expect that God had enough with Moses. Yet God didn’t even chastise Moses; He simply told him what to do and set him to do it. This is another example
of the richness of God’s mercy.
im glad God is patient with me too, And it makes me realize that no matter what I want its Gods will and he already has a plan for me, i just need to listen and do.
A prayer I often pray is one for a few family members who have turned atheist. I spend lots of time and energy trying to convince them that God is real and Jesus died for our sins. It never fails we get into heated debates and arguments over religion, difficult topics, and sinful clergy. I always feel defeated, like I’m failing them because I don’t feel I can speak eloquently to convince them.
What I am realizing, is just like moses with pharaoh, when a heart is hardened, only that person can make the decision to believe in and love God. All I can do is share His truth and lead as an obedient example.