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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. In addition, he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant--the Ten Commandments. Exodus 34:27-28 NIV
Moses was a prepared person. If you will remember Moses' birth, Moses should not have been in the world. The Pharaoh was killing Israelite babies under the age of two. Moses' mother, out of love for her son, and, I think, the leading of God's Spirit, hid Moses in a basket and floated him in the river. Pharaoh�s daughter found the baby Moses, took him as her own to raise, and hired Moses' mother to be his nanny. Some may say that Moses was "lucky". I call that divine intervention.
Moses was raised under the ways of the Pharaoh, but the Israelite in him never left. Once when he saw an Israelite being abused by and Egyptian so ldier, Moses killed the soldier. He fled Egypt and hid out in the desert for forty years. God did not forsake him, however, and later appeared to Moses through the burning bush. After leading his people out of Egypt, Moses shepherds the Israelites for forty years in the wilderness.
So why the history lesson? Because Moses was prepared to receive the Ten Commandments from God. Too many times we, as Christians, want God to "give us all His blessings" at once. In a world of instant everything, from popcorn to full microwave meals, we expect immediate performance. God works over time to create in us something He can use. He molds us through the experiences of life towards His ultimate goal to make us like Christ.
Before God came near to Moses, using him in such a powerful way, God tested him, He shaped him, and He prepared Moses in a wonderful way. As we will see over the next few days, such is the way God has prepared the world...so that God could come near!
Moses was a prepared person. If you will remember Moses' birth, Moses should not have been in the world. The Pharaoh was killing Israelite babies under the age of two. Moses' mother, out of love for her son, and, I think, the leading of God's Spirit, hid Moses in a basket and floated him in the river. Pharaoh�s daughter found the baby Moses, took him as her own to raise, and hired Moses' mother to be his nanny. Some may say that Moses was "lucky". I call that divine intervention.
Moses was raised under the ways of the Pharaoh, but the Israelite in him never left. Once when he saw an Israelite being abused by and Egyptian so ldier, Moses killed the soldier. He fled Egypt and hid out in the desert for forty years. God did not forsake him, however, and later appeared to Moses through the burning bush. After leading his people out of Egypt, Moses shepherds the Israelites for forty years in the wilderness.
So why the history lesson? Because Moses was prepared to receive the Ten Commandments from God. Too many times we, as Christians, want God to "give us all His blessings" at once. In a world of instant everything, from popcorn to full microwave meals, we expect immediate performance. God works over time to create in us something He can use. He molds us through the experiences of life towards His ultimate goal to make us like Christ.
Before God came near to Moses, using him in such a powerful way, God tested him, He shaped him, and He prepared Moses in a wonderful way. As we will see over the next few days, such is the way God has prepared the world...so that God could come near!
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