Being Ready!

I wonder if Moses ever thought of giving up. He’s a perfect example of how God uses every season to prepare us for our biggest moments – at least, if we let Him. Moses spent 14,600 days on the backside of a desert. There must have been at least a few occasions when, sitting on a rock, sand in his sandals, watching over his flock, he wondered, “How in the world did I wind up here?” Moses could have devalued that season and written off all those days as meaningless. Although the Bible doesn’t say much about what Moses did during those forty years, it’s clear he spent the season honoring God, because when God “suddenly” showed up on day 14,601 in a burning bush, Moses was ready to respond and in so doing, changed the course of history for the then-known world! What if Moses had given up? The people of Israel would have remained oppressed, perhaps for generations, until God could raise up another person to complete the task destined for Moses. Every season that God takes us through has purpose. If we can learn to trust Him in the midst of our wilderness, then we will experience our greatest moments! … the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. (Exodus 3:2)