As long as Moses held up his hands to God, the Israelites were winning. But when Moses tired and lowered his hands, that battle went against them. Moses needed men to come alongside him to hold up his hands. Do you help hold up your leader’s (Pastor/CG leader/boss/parent/coach) hands or do you let him carry the load alone?
Jesus’ correction of the Sadducees is an apt warning for today. For we are a generation of biblically illiterate and spiritually impotent people. Repent. Study God’s Word. Be filled with the Spirit.
What Moses sang after the Red Sea crossing. God’s love not only saves, it keeps us and leads us to His promised land. Rest and believe.
Nearly every miracle of Christ was because of an interruption. Jesus was on His way somewhere and “stopped” to help someone. Will you let God interrupt your journey?
Not only did the Israelites have to sacrifice a lamb, they had to eat all of it and apply the blood to the door of their homes. Have you received Jesus, the Passover Lamb? Has His blood been applied to the door of your heart?
This world’s appraisal of greatness is based on outward things- good looks, possessions, and money. But the Kingdom will judge greatness by inner things. The Kingdom will turn us inside out and upside down. We may be in for a surprise as to who is first.
Where are you still “wanting?” That is the very place that you are not letting the Lord shepherd you yet. Give Him your wanting. Then, trust the Shepherd of your soul.
For 2 millenia this prophecy is true. Every generation has told the next about Christ. However, it only takes one generation that fails to pass the torch to the next. Let’s be the parents and the church that teaches our children about Jesus!
David was inspired to write it. The Son of David actually experienced it. David had never seen a Roman crucifixion, yet Psalm 22 describes it in detail. Christ fulfilled David’s words 1,000 years later. This was no accident. Christ came to die for us.
Joseph was faithful to God no matter his circumstance. He went from favorite son to being rejected by his brothers and sold into slavery. Then, falsely accused and cast into prison, God lifted him up to the highest place in Egypt. Joseph’s life foreshadows Christ’s. Don’t be surprised if your life mirrors this too. Just be faithful. God is good.