God makes Moses a job offer - to be the point-person in negotiating the Hebrews slaves' freedom, because God has heard their cries for help. God wants Moses to be the guy to deal with Pharaoh, to guide the slaves across the wilderness to some property that God has picked out for them to settle in so as to become a nation.
Suddenly, Moses' life starts to make sense in light of this job description: his Egyptian upbringing, his familiarity with wilderness life. More amazingly, Moses was supposed to be dead - drown by royal decree in the Nile. But God picked him out of the river, preserved him and had specifically prepared him for this mission, this moment.
It turns out God hasn't been passively watching at all. He has a plan all along and he's been patiently propelling it forward, waiting for Moses to be ready. And today, Moses is ready.
But Moses doesn't see in himself what God sees. "Why me?' he says. After all, he is a wanted man in Egypt; the Hebrews rejected him. This job is nothing in it for him. At worst, it is a suicide mission.
But God has no plan "B". There is no understudy, no back up baby he pulled from the Nile. "No" is not an answer God can accept today.
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Think about your faith story: how has your life experienced prepared you for the mission God has for you? Have you found your calling in life?
To whom and how are you God's plan "A"? What is God asking you to do presently that scares you?
Who do you know is going through things that you have gone through?
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What
is God saying to you today? What's Good News to you?
Talk to God about how your life experiences is the foundation of a mission God has for you. Thank God for the way he has prepared you, and the way he is using the formative things in your life to bless others.
Pray about you effort towards finding your calling. Ask God for the help you need, the reassureance of his presence, and the courage to see the significance of your life journey.
Pray for your friend who going through things you have experienced. Ask God how you can come along their side to walk with them..
Pray for an experience of God's love, grace and mercy in the way he directs the experiences in your life, the way he grows you, and uses you to bless others.