The Lord Be With You Today!
Exodus 2:14a
The man said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us?
Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?"
(The day before this, Moses had seen an Egyptian beating a Hebrew
and, to stop the injustice, he killed the Egyptian.
Now, he sees two Hebrews fighting and asks the one in the wrong
why he is fighting against his brother Hebrew.
The man answers, though unaware of the real truth of his words,
with a prophecy over Moses and his future life,
that Moses would, indeed, be a ruler and judge over him and his people.
Whereas Moses had tried to intervene in the two men's situation
in his own strength and with violence, in the future,
the Lord will cause Moses to intervene in the nation of Israel
through His strength and through His means and methods.
Here, even in the rejection and disdain of the Hebrew's words,
the Lord is revealing His mighty purposes for Moses
through this disdainful and sneering, yet prophetic word.
Though Moses was most probably unaware of it at the time,
the man who spoke the words to rebuff Moses
was certainly not aware that he was speaking prophetically.
The truth for us today is that even when we take wrong measures,
even when we experience rejection from others for our efforts,
even when we are trying to effect change for good,
but trying to do so through our own strength and means,
the Lord is present to redeem what we have attempted on our own
and to speak His truth over us,
sometimes even through the most unlikely sources,
and to fulfill the life purposes He has planned for us.
The Lord is determined to fulfill His sovereign plans for us
and can even use what the enemy may have spoken over us through others
to set the stage for what His future holds for us.
As we learn to discern and listen attentively,
the Lord speaks to us in many ways and through many vehicles.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
Exodus 2:14a
The man said, "Who made you ruler and judge over us?
Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?"
(The day before this, Moses had seen an Egyptian beating a Hebrew
and, to stop the injustice, he killed the Egyptian.
Now, he sees two Hebrews fighting and asks the one in the wrong
why he is fighting against his brother Hebrew.
The man answers, though unaware of the real truth of his words,
with a prophecy over Moses and his future life,
that Moses would, indeed, be a ruler and judge over him and his people.
Whereas Moses had tried to intervene in the two men's situation
in his own strength and with violence, in the future,
the Lord will cause Moses to intervene in the nation of Israel
through His strength and through His means and methods.
Here, even in the rejection and disdain of the Hebrew's words,
the Lord is revealing His mighty purposes for Moses
through this disdainful and sneering, yet prophetic word.
Though Moses was most probably unaware of it at the time,
the man who spoke the words to rebuff Moses
was certainly not aware that he was speaking prophetically.
The truth for us today is that even when we take wrong measures,
even when we experience rejection from others for our efforts,
even when we are trying to effect change for good,
but trying to do so through our own strength and means,
the Lord is present to redeem what we have attempted on our own
and to speak His truth over us,
sometimes even through the most unlikely sources,
and to fulfill the life purposes He has planned for us.
The Lord is determined to fulfill His sovereign plans for us
and can even use what the enemy may have spoken over us through others
to set the stage for what His future holds for us.
As we learn to discern and listen attentively,
the Lord speaks to us in many ways and through many vehicles.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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