Sunday, March 15, 2009

Today's Passage: Exodus 4-5

So I'm reading along in chapter 4, then BAM!...there is verse 24. God was about to kill Moses now??? To say that I wasn't prepared for that would be a complete understatement. I needed to dig into this, there must be something I was missing...and there was! Here is an exert of a sermon that I recently read...'Before he could lead God's people, Moses needed to leave Midian behind him. He had left Midian physically and geographically, but his uncircumcised son bore witness to the fact that until verses 24-26, he and Zipporah had not yet left Midian behind spiritually. So for us: we need to leave our Midians behind us if we are to be a people wholly dedicated to the God who gave up his only begotten Son for us. We cannot be Christians . . . kind of, sort of, most of the time.'

Incredible! I must say it again...Incredible! This was a big 2x4 that just smacked me across the forehead. Most christians desire to do significant things for the kingdom, but get trapped by things that we don't want to let God control because it's not natural or easy. We give ourselves the easy way out by saying, 'well that's just the way I am.'

So here's the challenge, we must all leave our 'Midians' behind. Take time today and reflect on your relationship with God. Ask Him to open your eyes and your heart to see those 'Midians' that are in your life. Maybe it's a portion of scripture that you are struggling with, or it's a part of your past that keeps a grip on your heart. It could be a part of your job where it's easy to not have integrity or a part of your personality that won't be easy to change because it's been that way for your entire life. Whatever it may be, it has to go. Let us all keep pressing on for the goal of knowing God more intimately every single day of our lives.