Title: People Called by God /(Text/Exodus ..
Contents Today, we are people who have been called by God. We see that Moses, the main character in the text, is also called by God to carry out the precious work of saving the nation of Israel.
Because Moses was originally from a Hebrew tribe, he saw that his fellow Israeli slaves at the time were suffering from hard labor, and while he was suffering, one day he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew and rebuked him, but he unintentionally killed him. . So, he was on the run because of the murder charge. The content of today's text is that when they arrived in the Midian region, there was a well, where they drank water and sat down in despair.
1. Life is sitting by the well.
If you look at those who have been called by God, they usually have a miserable and miserable life sitting by the well at first. Exodus 2:15 says, "...Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian, and one day he sat by a well." Moses was running away from Pharaoh's eyes and sat by the well, looking exhausted.
It was like Elijah who, after destroying all the false prophets, was afraid of Jezebel and ran away and asked for death under a rosemary tree (1 Kings 19:4).
When Moses looked back at himself, his life was now abandoned. All the splendid dreams of the future have been shattered, and the life of the royal palace has become impossible.
But when Moses died of thirst, God led him to a well of water. Not only that. Jethro, the priest of Midian, had seven daughters, and he came to the well where Moses was sitting and gave water to the sheep. However, there were those who tried to hinder this, so I defeated them all and Moses helped me. I went to that house and got a job, and one of them eventually became Moses' wife (Exodus 2:16-22).
The way was opened for the person who sat by the well to live. The well means spiritually the church (Ezekiel 47:1). In other words, God supports and guides him when he comes to church and sits down.
2. He says, "Take off your shoes."
Exodus 3:5 says, “Do not come near here, God said, and take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.” To take off your shoes means to give up all your rights. It's about letting go of all the ways you've lived up to now. It means to give up everything you had been educated at the royal palace in the past. It means to throw away all the proud and unbearable minds of the past. And that is to humbly wait for the will of God.
Alexander the Great was defeated in battle and his body was wounded. All of his men have fled, but only one weak minion remains, treating and caring for Alexander the Great. So I put a heavy bag on him and retreated. After a while, the great king asks his subordinate. When asked, "Do you know what's in that bag?" The subordinate replied, "I'm not interested in what's in this bag. I'm just taking it with me because the king is taking it with me...". The king was very trustworthy of him. The bag was full of gold nuggets. Later, with that money, he recruited soldiers and built a new army, and finally, he won the war and placed his subordinates in high positions.
To those who have been called by God, the Lord says, "Take off your sandals." It demands that we cut off all the sinful nature of the past and obey whatever the Lord Jesus commands us.
3. He said, "I will surely be with you."
Exodus 3:12 says, "Surely I will be with you," said God. "After you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will serve God on this mountain, and this is the proof that I sent you."
In fact, what we do seems to be what we do, but God empowers us to do it. We are just God's instruments. It was because Livingston, who lost his right arm to a wild animal in a remote African country, and Martin Luther, who accomplished the Reformation despite all kinds of threats and difficulties, had the belief that “God is with me.” Whether we realize it or not, the Lord is always with us.
The risen Lord also said, "Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:20). He also promised, "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you" (John 14:18). Therefore, when the Lord calls us, we just have to say “yes” and obey (2 Corinthians 1:19).
Dear saints!
We are all called by God. Some people are desperate like Moses by the well, but some call them, others educate them like Samuel and call them, and some call them through hardships and trials. But the Lord says, "Surely I will be with you."
Therefore, we pray in the name of Jesus that you will become victorious saints like a ledger by believing and obeying that the Lord of power is with us. Hallelujah!