YOUR LIFE EXPERIENCES ARE THE PREPARATIONS
FOR GOD'S MISSION
Exodus 3:1-12
The story of Moses begins in chapter 2. It began at a time
in Egypt
when the Pharaoh of Egypt decided that the population of the
Hebrews
in the land was growing to fast. He sent his soldiers to
kill all new born
male babies.
Moses mother prepared a basket to float in the Nile
river near the
place where the Pharaoh daughter was bathing. She heard the
baby
cry and took him as her son.
Moses was raise and educated in the Pharaoh's house until he
was
40 years old. He saw an Egyptian fighting one of his Hebrew brothers.
He killed the Egyptian and as a result fled to Midian. There
,Moses
spent 40 years as shepherd of his father in laws flock.
GOD CHOSE YOU
V:1. " Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his
father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of
the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain
of God
A. God prepares us for the job He has for us to do.
1. At the time of God's
called Moses was 80 years old.
2. The first 40
years of Moses life was spent being raised and educated
in the
Pharaoh's household .
3. The next 40
years of Moses life was spent as a shepherd under the
Priest of
Midian.
4. The final 40
years of Moses life was spent leading Israel
in the
desert.
a. Under the
priest of Midian he learned the important of family .
b. He learned responsibility
and leadership.
c. He learned
to worship the one true and living God.
B. Our experiences in life, good and bad, are the training
God uses
to prepare us for
the mission.
1. Our experiences
may seem like a desert in which there is no end in sight.
2. But rest
assured that our experience are the
training ground for a mission
God has
prepared for us.
3. Any pride Moses
had of being raised in the Pharaoh's house had
been replaced
with humility.
4. Any knowledge
of the idol gods of Egypt
had been replace with the
knowledge of
one true living God.
5. Any anger he
had against the Egyptians had been replaced with
the peace he
had with his Midian family.
SOMETIMES GOD USES ANGELS TO GET OUR ATTENTION
V:2-3. " There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in
flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire
it did not burn up.
3 So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this
strange sight — why the bush does not burn up."
A. God has a way of drawing us to Himself.
1. God used a
visual miracle to capture Moses curiosity.
2. Moses must have
gazed at the burning bush for quite some time to
determine that
it was not consumed by the fire.
3. Moses my not
have seen the angel at first because he does not mention
him when he
decided to get closer to the bush.
4. When we study
the Word of God it is important to investigate that which
we do not
understand.
5. We can gain
much knowledge in our investigation.
6. We should never
claim that we know everything about a passage of
scripture. There is always more to learn
GOD CAPTURES OUR CURIOSITY WITH HIS WORD
V:4. " When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look,
God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!" And Moses
said, "Here I am."
A. Whenever we investigate the Word, we will be drawn closer
to the Word.
1. God observes
our study of the Word.
2. When we get
into a deep study of the Word we will hear the voice of God.
B. It is important for us to respond to the voice of the
Lord.
1. Moses response
was one of complete submission.
2. To Moses, God
voice may have been audible. There is
nothing
to suggest
any other method.
3. How do we know
when God is speaking to us?
a. We have
the complete Bible and it is closed.
b. According to Revelation 22:18 states that we cannot add anything to
the Word,
and we
cannot take any thing away from the Word.
4. God speaks to
us today through His Word.
5. Any questions
we have can be answered from the Word.
6. From the Word,
God speaks to our situations.
GOD CLEANS US UP FOR HIS USE
V:5. "Do not come any closer," God said.
"Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy
ground."
A. Anytime we open the Bible we are standing on Holy ground.
1. It is the Word
that cleanse us. John 15:3
2. We should turn
off any secular music, free our minds of any worries
so we can
concentrate on the Word.
3. It is the
distractions around us that prevents us from hearing God's
voice.
4. Notice, Moses
was alone when God spoke to him.
THANK GOD FOR THOSE WHO INTRODUCED US TO THE WORD
V:6. " Then he said, "I am the God of your father,
the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob." At this, Moses
hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.
A. Moses may have learned about God through his mother who
kept him until the
age of three.
1. Moses my have
developed a relationship with God through his father in law,
the Priest of
Midian.
2. He feared the
Lord.
3. Perhaps, He had been taught not to look at God. Acts 7:32
4. In the present of the Lord we are nothing but
dirty rags.
B. God identified Himself with the relationship with Moses
forefathers.
1. As parents we
should emphasize our relationship with the Father
to our
children.
2. Our children
should learn about God first through us.
3. We are commanded
to teach the Word to our children. Due 4:10
GOD KNOWS YOUR TROUBLES
V:7. " The Lord said, "I have indeed seen the
misery of my people in Egypt .
I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned
about their suffering. "
A. Our deliverance starts with prayer.
1. God knows what
we are going through and He waits on us to reach out to Him.
2. True success in
life begins with prayer.
B. Before you start praying, God has the answer to your
prayers.
1. God prepared
Moses from his birth to be the deliverer of Israel .
2. Israel 's
deliverance was eighty years in the making.
3. Just because
your prayers have not been answered, don't mean that
God does not
have the solution.
4. God works on
His time for us.
GOD HAS PREPARED A SOLUTION TO YOUR TROUBLES
V:8-9. So I have
come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up
out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and
honey — the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and
Jebusites.
9 And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I
have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. "
A. God keeps His promises.
1. Four hundred
and thirty years earlier God promised Abraham that his descendants
would inherit
this land. Genesis 17:8
2. God has an odd
way of keeping His promises.
a. He allowed Israel
to grow to be a nation in slavery in Egypt .
b. This time
of slavery was in His promise to Abraham.
Genesis 15:13
c. God does
not tell us why He chose this way of keeping His promise.
d. I can only
suggest that everything God does is designed to give Him
glory.
B. WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU IS YOURS
1. God allowed
six groups of people to inhabit the promise land and to
make it prosperous.
2. These groups
held the land until God decided to replace them with Israel .
3. At the time
God made the promise to Abraham, the nation of Israel
was only
in His mind.
4. You never know
what blessings God is holding for you.
5. Galatians
6:9 says "do not get weary in well
doing, for in due time, if you don't
faint, you
will reap a harvest."
WE ARE ON A SUCCESSFUL MISSION
V:10-11. " So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to
bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt ."
11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go
to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt ?"
A. God saved you so you be part of the salvation of others.
1. When Moses was
born, God saved him from death by the Pharaoh of Egypt.
2. God trained
Moses in the Pharaoh's house.
a. God allowed
Moses to make the mistake of killing an Egyptian.
b. God drove
Moses out of Egypt
into Midian
c. God allowed
Moses 40 years to grow into the Man He could use.
WITH GOD, THERE WILL BE SUCCESS
V:12. " And God said, "I will be with you. And
this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have
brought the people out of Egypt ,
you will worship God on this mountain."
A. God will never send you on a mission without His power
and authority.
1. God will be
with you in the mission.
2. Your success is a sign to the world of
His glory.
B. You must worship the Lord in His house in His way.
1. When you review
your success in the mission give God
the credit.
2. Thank God for
allowing you to serve.
THANK GOD FOR INCLUDING YOU IN HIS MISSION
Rev. M. Mitchell
Asst Pastor of Greater Macedonia
Baptist Church
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