Midweek Encouragement 4/18/2024
To what end?
This is the question that has been rolling around in my mind and heart a lot recently. In light of our study in Acts 17 it has become obvious that we are constantly looking for purpose and meaning. The issue is that we look for it in all of the wrong places.
I wanted to take this opportunity to ask you, to what end? What is the goal of your life in the current season? Do you feel like your energies are being spent in a plethora of conflicting areas? Do you feel scattered or overwhelmed?
If so, I'd like to offer you a brief word of encouragement. Find opportunity each day to ground yourself in the presence of the One True God as He is near! Pray, read His Word, abide in Christ, discern the Father's voice, and then move. Don't grow so impatient that you miss the voice of God. Don't rush ahead of God...love is patient.
In Exodus we have a scene where Moses His invited into God's presence, which is a fearful thing. The LORD took His time with Moses. Moses had to be patient. God's people should have been patient.
Exodus 24:15-18
15 Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16 The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. 18 Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
What an amazing scene! Moses invited to the presence of the One True God. The concerning part was how rapidly God's people sought out another god during Moses' absence (Exodus 32). It only took them less than 40 days to create a god in their own image and worship it instead of patiently waiting to hear from the One True God. We are an impatient and fickle people! May we learn from this scene. Patiently wait on the LORD!
God is up to some amazing things right now. We get to witness His sovereign hand at work! May we patiently and humbly await His next directives for our lives and then go when He says to go.
Blessings and love,
Steve
This is the question that has been rolling around in my mind and heart a lot recently. In light of our study in Acts 17 it has become obvious that we are constantly looking for purpose and meaning. The issue is that we look for it in all of the wrong places.
I wanted to take this opportunity to ask you, to what end? What is the goal of your life in the current season? Do you feel like your energies are being spent in a plethora of conflicting areas? Do you feel scattered or overwhelmed?
If so, I'd like to offer you a brief word of encouragement. Find opportunity each day to ground yourself in the presence of the One True God as He is near! Pray, read His Word, abide in Christ, discern the Father's voice, and then move. Don't grow so impatient that you miss the voice of God. Don't rush ahead of God...love is patient.
In Exodus we have a scene where Moses His invited into God's presence, which is a fearful thing. The LORD took His time with Moses. Moses had to be patient. God's people should have been patient.
Exodus 24:15-18
15 Then Moses went up on the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. 16 The glory of the Lord dwelt on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days. And on the seventh day he called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. 17 Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in the sight of the people of Israel. 18 Moses entered the cloud and went up on the mountain. And Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
What an amazing scene! Moses invited to the presence of the One True God. The concerning part was how rapidly God's people sought out another god during Moses' absence (Exodus 32). It only took them less than 40 days to create a god in their own image and worship it instead of patiently waiting to hear from the One True God. We are an impatient and fickle people! May we learn from this scene. Patiently wait on the LORD!
God is up to some amazing things right now. We get to witness His sovereign hand at work! May we patiently and humbly await His next directives for our lives and then go when He says to go.
Blessings and love,
Steve
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