The Lord Be With You Today!
Exodus 4:2-3a
Then the Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?"
(In response to Moses having questioned the Lord for the third time
about sending him on the mission to set His people free from slavery,
the Lord once again lovingly allays Moses' fears
that the people would doubt him
and doubt that the Lord really had appeared to him.)
"A staff," he replied. The Lord said, "Throw it on the ground."
(Moses was probably carrying a shepherd's crook
to aid him in his current occupation as he herded his flock of sheep.
He also could have still been carrying the long baton
from his former occupation that Egyptians of rank held
and that Moses as the son of Pharaoh's daughter would have carried.
He also might have been carrying an ordinary walking stick
that might be used by a man of 80 years of age.
Whatever the real staff was, the important point is
that the Lord has, first, heard Moses' concern;
second, that He has responded to Moses' need;
and, third, that He uses what is right at Moses' hand,
something that is very familiar to Moses.
And the Lord tells Moses to do something with the staff
that is an easy task, easy to accomplish, something ordinary.
When we walk out the Lord's mission for us,
He often asks us to accomplish His purposes
in familiar surroundings with familiar tools and strategies.
All He asks of us is that we obey Him,
even doing what may seem ordinary and unnecessary at times.
In those times, He is training us and equipping us
so that when we are in unfamiliar territory
we are able to do that which He has asked us to do.)
May the Lord richly bless you this day!
In Christ's love,
Blessings!
Sally
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