Thursday, January 22, 2015

Doors



One of the greatest frustrations in life has to be when you act on something and it fails.  It is even more frustrating when it feels like God opened the door, only to have it slam in your face before you get to walk through.  How does that make sense?  If the opportunity is there, why doesn't God let you follow through.

I have been reading through the book of Exodus lately and have been reading about Moses.  In Chapter 4:21, God instructs Moses to visit Pharoah and perform some wonders that God has given him the power to do. Then God says that He will harden Pharoah's heart.   The ultimate purpose of the visit is for Pharoah to let the Israelites go right?  Or is it?    Since I was a child I saw this passage as just a neat part of the story.  But recently, I am reading in a different way.  There is a chance that God will send us into a situation knowing that it will be a dead end.  In this case, he sent Moses to Egypt to demand that he let the Israelites go.  But he still sent Moses even though he knew that Pharoah would harden his heart.

I'm wondering if Moses' visit to Pharoah had less to do with Pharoah and more to do with Moses.  If you go back a few chapters, Moses did not believe he could do anything God was asking him to do.  Moses knew God could do anything, but had trouble believing that God could use him to make it happen.  God basically had to take Moses hand walk him through the trip, the wonders, the hardening of Pharoah's heart, just to convince Moses that He would  be true to his word.

I wonder how many doors have been closed in our lives because we don't think God can use us.  He keeps throwing opportunities our way to encourage us to take steps of faith.  Until we do, He can't let us walk through the door until we are ready for what's on the other side.  God had to use baby steps with Moses before parting the Red Sea.  What baby steps are you taking right now with God?  Are you ready to take some bigger steps?

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