Today I concluded the teaching series I began several months ago.
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In
the final message in this teaching series we ask Moses to join us in the race
of life to give us insight about our life with God.
In
this 6-week series, we have looked at some of the spiritual giants from the
Bible.
The theme of Moses’ life was, “abandon
safe and live by faith.”
Therefore, since we are surrounded
by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders
and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race
marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1
We all are running the race of
life that is marked out for us. What if
some of those great men and women of faith could step away from the great cloud
of witnesses and come along side us to give us some words of encourage us?
Six Part Teaching Series:
Noah -
David - Abraham
- Joseph - Rebekah - MOSES
For when your problems overwhelm
you…
“ ABANDON
SAFE AND LIVE BY FAITH! ”
I
think Moses would say “Each person’s life story if written in risk – the ones
taken and the one avoided. Look at my life!
Do you think you would know my life story if I played it safe? The greatest moment in my walk with God came
at the burning bush. The decision I made there that day wrote the next 40 years
of my life story. It is a decision that brought daily encounters with the
living God!
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. 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. So Moses thought, "I will go over and see this strange sight--why
the bush does not burn up." 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." "Do not come any closer," God said. "Take
off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground."
…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. So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my
people the Israelites out of Egypt. Exodus 3:1-5, 7, 10
SAFE WILL KEEP YOU…
1. TRAPPED in the past.
Forget
about what's happened; don't keep going over old history. Be alert, be present.
I'm about to do something brand-new.
It's bursting out! Don't you see it? There it is! I'm making a road through the
desert, rivers in the badlands. Isaiah 43:18-19 MSG
2. SATISFIED with today.
One
day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and
watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of
his own people. Exodus
2:11
3. AFRAID of tomorrow.
But
Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it.” Exodus 4:13
FINAL WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT
To live by faith, recognize that God
is ALREADY AT WORK in you.
By
faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born,
because they
saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.
Hebrews 11:23
To live by faith, REFUSED TO BE
DEFINED by anything but God.
By
faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's
daughter.
He
chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures
of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of
greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his
reward. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered
because he saw him who is invisible.
Hebrews 11:24-27
To live by faith _IMPACTS
others around you.
By
faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer
of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel. By faith the people
passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do
so, they were drowned. Hebrews 11:28-29
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