Text: Exodus 2:1-25
Moses was aware of God's calling on his life, but he didn't know when or how it would be fulfilled. Like so many of us today, he started exploring ways to come into that calling.
His efforts got him into major trouble with Pharoah, who sought to kill him for slaying the Egyptian. Moses learned the hard way that what begins divinely cannot be fulfilled humanly. Works of the flesh do not stay buried for long, and works of the Spirit cannot be hidden.
Frustration comes from 3 sources:
1) Ourselves - We get frustrated when we cannot do something.
2) Others - When they ask or demand things of us we don't want to do, we get frustrated.
3) God - When He's expecting something we don't feel we can do.
Gideon was frustrated with his own lack of ability and God's overwhelming call. Moses chafed at the people's lack of acceptance and God's insistence.
Moses goes off to Midian, and things work out well. He delivers the 7 daughters of Reuel from harassment by shepherds and marries one of them. So, he becomes their protector, has a family, and everything is going fine except...God's call still weighs on him. Just because life good doesn't mean we're in God's will. We try to become content in something else.
There are 4 responses to God's call:
1) No, I can't do that. (Lack of ability)
2) No, I don't want to do that. (A lack of willingness to obey)
3) Yes, I'll get to that soon. (I should do what God is asking, but not now.)
4) Yes, I'll do that now. (I not only recognize I should do this, but also obey.)
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