by Rudolph W. McKissick, Jr.
November 21, 2011
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The calling of Moses, to me, is one of the most powerful call stories
in all of the Word of God. One of the things that I know about God is
that when God issues a call, God calls the right person at the right
time.
For forty years Moses had lived in the courts of the Pharaohs. He
was highly trained in the skills of the elite. He appeared to be
destined for greatness, but now, he finds himself in a condition and
context that is beneath what he seemed to be destined for.
Moses now,
as a result of a decision, finds himself banished to insignificance in
the desert, where his companions are sheep and his prospects
negligible. Moses makes a mistake and finds himself on the run. But
forty years later, God visits Moses. In spite of the time that has gone
by, God visits him. In spite of the wrong that he has done, God visits
him. In spite of his solitude, God visits him. In spite of where he now
finds himself, God visits him.
When God has a plan for your life, it
cannot be stopped because of one mistake. When you read the story of
where Moses ends up and what he ends up doing, you will discover a
powerful point. He is called to bring the people out of Egypt; which
means he is called to shepherd the people. He is called to be a
shepherd. When you see what he was doing when God finds him, you will
see that what God calls him to do is something that he has been doing
the whole time. The one who is to become the shepherd of God’s people
undergoes training in Midian.
Can I tell you something? Nothing that
you go through has been wasted time. Everything that God has allowed
you to go through you went through to train you for the assignment God
has on your life. Every person you have encountered; every place that
you have been; every tear that you have cried–it was not wasted.
God was training you for your destiny. God has been shaping your
character through every circumstance and situation. God has been
molding you through this season.
I don’t care what it is you are facing
right now. Even if it seems you have gotten off track, I declare to you
as you end this devotional the lesson I have learned in four months of
confinement…THIS IS NOT A WASTED SEASON. WHEN GOD GETS THROUGH
WITH THIS SEASON YOU WILL BE READY TO PRODUCE ON LEVELS YOU NEVER
IMAGINED.
JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE BETTER OFF DOES NOT ALWAYS
MEAN YOU ARE BETTER BLESSED. BE BETTER BLESSED AND YOU WILL BE BETTER
OFF.
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