In Your Hands.
The children of Israel had been under bondage for a long, long time. When they cried out to God, God thought to rescue them with ‘one-of-their-own’: Moses. Moses had the potentials to lead millions of people but he was an 80 year old lonely, cowardly shepherd who had a past. But God changed him and used him for His Glory. How?
When God asked Moses what he had in his hands in Ex 4:2, he replied: ‘…a rod’. But 18 verses later, the Bible says: ‘And Moses took the rod of God' in his hands. Certain things had changed, and that was the start of the greatest ministry in history so-far.
What happened? Moses yielded his life and rod to God.
He became a Man of God, and his rod became the Rod of God….
Balaam had a gift of divination. It was reputed that ‘those he blessed were blessed, and those he cursed were cursed’ Num 22:6. As a successful ‘Curser’, the King of Moab called him to curse his enemies, the Israelites. Unknown to him, he was on the part of destruction and death. But God changed him, and He used him for His Glory.
To get through to Balaam, his donkey’s eyes were opened, and it suddenly started talking. Vs. 32 of Num 22 says: ‘the angel of the LORD asked him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me. The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared her'.
What happened? His donkey yielded to God, and forced Balaam to yield his life to God as well. Balaam changed, and the donkey made history….
Moses and his rod…Balak and his ass, You and your Stuff….
God can change you (Moses first), and change your stuff (the rod),
Or He changes your stuff (Balaam's donkey), and you are made to change (Balaam).
Your past is not as bad as that coward who chose to hide far away in obscurity...or as that medium who chose to use his gifts to empower people to fail. But your future can be as glorious as theirs. It boils down to You and What God Has Given You. Singing along with Alvin Slaughter’s song, I say:
What’s that you have in your hands; God can use it, if you’re willing to loose it. Take the little you have in you hands,
HE IS ELSHADDAI, AND HE’LL MORE THAT SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS.
Love, Janmo!
When God asked Moses what he had in his hands in Ex 4:2, he replied: ‘…a rod’. But 18 verses later, the Bible says: ‘And Moses took the rod of God' in his hands. Certain things had changed, and that was the start of the greatest ministry in history so-far.
What happened? Moses yielded his life and rod to God.
He became a Man of God, and his rod became the Rod of God….
Balaam had a gift of divination. It was reputed that ‘those he blessed were blessed, and those he cursed were cursed’ Num 22:6. As a successful ‘Curser’, the King of Moab called him to curse his enemies, the Israelites. Unknown to him, he was on the part of destruction and death. But God changed him, and He used him for His Glory.
To get through to Balaam, his donkey’s eyes were opened, and it suddenly started talking. Vs. 32 of Num 22 says: ‘the angel of the LORD asked him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me. The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared her'.
What happened? His donkey yielded to God, and forced Balaam to yield his life to God as well. Balaam changed, and the donkey made history….
Moses and his rod…Balak and his ass, You and your Stuff….
God can change you (Moses first), and change your stuff (the rod),
Or He changes your stuff (Balaam's donkey), and you are made to change (Balaam).
Your past is not as bad as that coward who chose to hide far away in obscurity...or as that medium who chose to use his gifts to empower people to fail. But your future can be as glorious as theirs. It boils down to You and What God Has Given You. Singing along with Alvin Slaughter’s song, I say:
What’s that you have in your hands; God can use it, if you’re willing to loose it. Take the little you have in you hands,
HE IS ELSHADDAI, AND HE’LL MORE THAT SUPPLY YOUR NEEDS.
Love, Janmo!
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