Thank you for listening to Hope for Today. We are honored that you have chosen to be with us for today’s lesson. Today our title is “Moses as God’s Man,” and our passage is the next section of Exodus 34. Before we get into today’s lesson think about that title. “Moses as God’s Man” there was a big job to do, and God used Moses to accomplish it. What about today, is God still using people for specific jobs? Does God need us to accomplish certain tasks?
This question is a bit tricky, there are indeed lots of things we can do for God, and it’s good when we want to serve Him in big ways. However, we are foolish if we think God needs us. God doesn’t need us, but He does want us to partner with Him and be His servant. So yes, God is using people for specific tasks and no God doesn’t need us, but He wants you. Are you willing? Am I willing?
I like the mindset Mordecai had in the story of Esther and it’s a good example for us. He heard about Haman’s plan to destroy the Jews and he persuaded Esther to go before the king on behalf of her people. Mordecai was convinced God would save the Jews, if Esther was going to be silent deliverance would come from another place. Then he asked, “Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
The first thing for us to notice and copy, Mordecai had total confidence in God and did all he could. He knew the Jewish people would not be destroyed, but it didn’t look good. He didn’t know how God would deliver them, so He did all he could with what he had. God still is trustworthy, but that doesn’t mean we sit around and do nothing. Let’s be like Mordecai and use our abilities, our resources, and the connections we have to serve God.
Second is the famous phrase, maybe you have been put here for such a time as this. The attitude behind this phrase is an attitude we should have. He knew he was part of a bigger plan, someone greater than Haman or Xerxes was in control and that power had him there for a reason. The same is true for you and me, maybe God put us right where we are for a reason. Not maybe, God has a reason and God has a plan, He is in control. It is our responsibility to see the big picture. So, let’s use all we have and contribute to His plan, right where you are, right now, for such a time as this.
So yes, Moses was God’s man for that moment. Will you be God’s man or woman for this moment? Do you have total confidence in Him and make decisions from His perspective, from the big picture? God doesn’t need us, but He wants us, and it is up to us to allow God to use us, be willing and be available.
If you can turn to Exodus 34:10-17 and let’s listen to Bible teacher J Mark Horst as he teaches the rest of today’s lesson.
Moses was the great leader of the children of Israel many years ago when they traveled from Egypt to Canaan. God chose Moses for that distinctive work.
I believe God has a special work for each person and for each work God has His person. That means God has a work for me and a work for you to do. In this specific place and time in Israel’s history, God chose Moses for this special work. He had a work for His man, Moses.
Moses had grown up, you may remember, in the court of Pharaoh and was heir to the throne of Egypt. But God had to humble him, so He sent Him out on the back side of the desert as a shepherd. He went from being a “somebody” to being a “nobody.” Then, God called him to be the leader of His people. Moses was reluctant to serve, he felt he was unqualified. But Moses as God’s man was especially qualified and trained by the LORD for the task which God called him now to perform.
In Exodus 34:10-17 God confirmed His call to Moses that he was indeed His man for this special task and work.
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