Moses tries for two chapters to convince God that he has picked the wrong man, and God seems all the more convinced with each question that he has picked the right man.
-Velvet Elvis Movement 1
Moses was called to fail.
staff to snake: Fail
water to blood: Fail
frogs: Fail
lice or gnats: Fail
swarms of flies: Fail
epidemic disease: Fail
boils: Fail
hail: Fail
locusts: Fail
darkness: Fail
God told Moses to go to Pharaoh at least ten times and Pharaoh never listened.
What could have been going through Moses' mind?
He at first didn't want to be the one and then God kept calling him before Pharaoh and failing.
Does God call us sometimes to fail?
How on earth did Moses continue to obey God after the frogs, or the boils, or the locusts?
Moses knew his calling but he had no idea the course.
As I look at the life of Moses and I think about how God knew Pharaoh wouldn't be convinced, in fact scripture says God was the one hardening Pharaoh's heart, I think about my own life.
There have been times in my life where I have felt Your call Abba only to have the door shut in my face. Was that part of the course? Or was I not suppose to be down that path in the first place?
Who can say? Only You I suppose.
The writer of Numbers doesn't give me much detail about why Moses swung the staff or how he swung it or what was in his heart when he swung it but the point is that one action cost him the finish line.
It makes me nervous for my salvation. Could one wrong step damn me forever?
I know that Moses made it to heaven because on the Mt. of Transfiguration he is there with Jesus. But it still interests me.
I wonder how many staves I've swung costing me promised lands in this life.
I wonder how many times I failed to demonstrate Your holiness to the people.
Not only are we sometimes called to fail but sometimes we flat out fail.
How do I know the difference? I can't. Only God knows.
This is such an interesting time of my life. I'm on the verge of youth and adulthood. When should I get married? Should I go to Africa for a year, for more? Should I join a WWOOF? Should I join a non profit? Should I landscape? Should I move to New York? Should I get a 9 to 5? Should I even get married at all?
Abba, was I called to fail in my previous relationships, or did I not demonstrate your holiness?
Did I fail so that You could teach me a life of celibacy, or to prepare me for my next relationship? Or maybe I just flat out failed and I have to determine what to do about it, how to respond...
I do miss Bea.
Enter The Worship Circle - Orphan Song
-Velvet Elvis Movement 1
Moses was called to fail.
staff to snake: Fail
water to blood: Fail
frogs: Fail
lice or gnats: Fail
swarms of flies: Fail
epidemic disease: Fail
boils: Fail
hail: Fail
locusts: Fail
darkness: Fail
God told Moses to go to Pharaoh at least ten times and Pharaoh never listened.
What could have been going through Moses' mind?
He at first didn't want to be the one and then God kept calling him before Pharaoh and failing.
Does God call us sometimes to fail?
How on earth did Moses continue to obey God after the frogs, or the boils, or the locusts?
Moses knew his calling but he had no idea the course.
As I look at the life of Moses and I think about how God knew Pharaoh wouldn't be convinced, in fact scripture says God was the one hardening Pharaoh's heart, I think about my own life.
There have been times in my life where I have felt Your call Abba only to have the door shut in my face. Was that part of the course? Or was I not suppose to be down that path in the first place?
Who can say? Only You I suppose.
You and Aaron must take the staff and assemble the entire community. As the people watch, speak to the rock over there, and it will pour out its water. You will provide enough water from the rock to satisfy the whole community and their livestock.All the things Moses did...and in two swings of the staff He lost it all.
Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with the staff, and water gushed out. So the entire community and their livestock drank their fill.
Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!
-Numbers 20
The writer of Numbers doesn't give me much detail about why Moses swung the staff or how he swung it or what was in his heart when he swung it but the point is that one action cost him the finish line.
It makes me nervous for my salvation. Could one wrong step damn me forever?
I know that Moses made it to heaven because on the Mt. of Transfiguration he is there with Jesus. But it still interests me.
I wonder how many staves I've swung costing me promised lands in this life.
I wonder how many times I failed to demonstrate Your holiness to the people.
Not only are we sometimes called to fail but sometimes we flat out fail.
How do I know the difference? I can't. Only God knows.
This is such an interesting time of my life. I'm on the verge of youth and adulthood. When should I get married? Should I go to Africa for a year, for more? Should I join a WWOOF? Should I join a non profit? Should I landscape? Should I move to New York? Should I get a 9 to 5? Should I even get married at all?
Abba, was I called to fail in my previous relationships, or did I not demonstrate your holiness?
Did I fail so that You could teach me a life of celibacy, or to prepare me for my next relationship? Or maybe I just flat out failed and I have to determine what to do about it, how to respond...
I do miss Bea.
Enter The Worship Circle - Orphan Song