This past Sunday, we continued our series on Barriers to a Deeper-life with God in Exodus 3.1-12, by talking about Barrier #2: Failure. We looked at 1) Failure's Power, 2) God's intervention, and 3) Our Many Objections.
In part 1, we saw that our present experience in the wilderness can be colored by our failures and the failures of others that have greatly impacted us. Yet, in part 2, we saw that God jolts us by welcoming us into sacred space and sending us into a sacred mission of rescue and restoration.
In part 3, we saw Moses offer not 1 but 5(!) objections, each one providing an opportunity for God to reveal more about who He is! God showed Moses what it meant for him to be the "I am what I am" and "I will be what I will be" God.
Here's the question to ponder: When you narrate your present location to yourself–is the story you tell more marked by failure (the memory and possibility of failure, yours or someone else’s that impacts your present) or God-inviting-risk-taking mission for rescue and restoration?
