Date: Sunday, November 4, 2007 6:28 PM
 Power 139 Prayer ... 11/3/07 ... Moses Didn't Forget His Staff Size: 24 KB
 
Hello "All",
 
The Lord said to Moses ...
Ex 4:2 The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he said, " A staff."
10 Then Moses said to the Lord, "Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."
11 The Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
12 "Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say."
13 But he said, "Please, Lord, now send the message by whomever You will."
14  Then the anger of the Lord burned against Moses, and He said, "Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 "You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do.
16 "Moreover, he shall speak for you to the people; and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him.
17 "You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs."
19 Now the Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead."
20 So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.
 
Moses [i propose] is the greatest negotiator in all scripture. In his first encounter with God, Moses is told that he is to bring the Israelites out of Egypt and that God has heard His people's cries after 400 plus years of slavery. Moses immediately declares his inadequacy and begins to ... negotiate [if you will] ... provision to accomplish what God had set before him. Moses said, "I am slow of speech and slow of tongue" ... this is hard for me to grasp as Moses went to Egypt with:
 
1] God was with him ... Ex 3:12
2] The elders of Israel would listen to Moses and go with him ... Ex 3:18
3] God would perform signs and wonders through Moses ... Ex 4:3,6,9
4] Moses' brother Aaron would be his mouthpiece to the Egyptians and the Israelites ... Ex 4:14
5] God would be with Moses' mouth and Aaron's mouth ... Ex 4:15-16
6] God would teach Moses and Aaron what to do and what to say ... Ex 4:15-16,12
7] God reminded Moses to take his staff with him ... Ex 4:17
8] Moses was not to fear as the men in Egypt who sought his life were dead ... Ex 4:19
 
If we ponder these scriptures we can readily see that God's provision is more that adequate when we are walking in His will for our lives ... when we are walking in the works that He has called us to do since before the foundation of time. He will not fail us!
 
Eph 2:10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
 
It is said of David that he was a man after God's own heart and when we read the Psalms we can easily come into agreement that this is true. However, greater detail is revealed of David's desire to please our God ... in Acts 13:22 we read:
 
Acts 13:22 … I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My will .'
 
"Who will do all my will" ... again we see God's provision for someone who was determined to follow the Father's path for their lives ... to do "ALL" of God's will. Jesus said, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work." [John 4:34] and to Him was given all authority. [Matt 28:18]. Yes, these were mighty men of scripture and our God desires that we, individually, walk in the fullness of the measure that we have been given.
 
The same is true of our children and we must pray that they will follow the Father's path for their lives ... that they will walk in their "promised land" ... anything less and outside of this will lead to some kind of captivity and great loss.
 
Neh 9:35-37
35  … With Your great goodness which You gave them, With the broad and rich land which You set before them, Did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds.
36 "Behold, we are slaves today, And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty, Behold, we are slaves in it.
37 " Its abundant produce is for the kings  . . .  They also rule over our bodies And over our cattle as they please, So we are in great distress.
 
Ponder this ... do you think that Solomon asked for an understanding heart on his own? We must remember that Solomon was asleep when God asked "what do you want"? In his sleep, Solomon's responded an "understanding heart" or some versions ... "wisdom". Was Solomon this wise at that time in his life [in his sleep] ... no! It was a father's prayer ... it was an answer to David's prayer for his son when he asked God to give Solomon a "perfect heart" and David proclaimed his desire before the people. Talk about a changed life story ... [if you would like the scripture addresses for this please email] and answered prayer. When David took care of kingdom business in his prayers for his son ... God took care of Solomon on earth by answering his father's prayer and by giving Solomon far greater than what he had asked for.
 
You see, the only thing Moses had to remember [verse 17] when he left for Egypt was to take his staff. We are told that God was with him, that he had the power to perform signs and wonders, that God had promised to teach Moses what to do and say, and that Aaron would be his mouthpiece. But it was not until Moses departed for land of Egypt that his staff became ... the "staff of God".
 
We have these provisions and promises ... we must pray for our children to follow God's will if they are to prosper in His kingdom and if they are to walk in their promised land of milk and honey in the land of the living. You can change the destiny of your children! We can alter the course of their history ... we must take the first step ... prayer!
 
Know this ... when our children truly take their first step in the Father's will, calling and path ... their staff will become the "staff of God"! Amen!!!
 
Addicted to hallelujah ...
 
Your servant, i remain ...  jim