FAITH CAPSULE: Contentment is what made the difference in the life of Moses. 

Exodus 2

God is in absolute control as the creator of all.
Moses was born at the appointed time.
The death plan of Pharaoh could not have a grip upon the life of Moses. He escaped death at birth but later became a murderer who had to run from the palace, his home base.
In his effort to run from the reach of Pharaoh after he killed an Egyptian on behalf of his Hebrew brother, he ended up in Midian. 
The arrival of arrival at Midan was not by accident.
God alone is in a position to allow and disallow all that happens in the life of all. 
God is in absolute control over heaven and earth.
God oversees the affairs of all.
For example, God alone allowed the challenges of Job when Satan asked for Job. 
God responded to Satan, “And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and struck Job with painful boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.” (Job 2:6-7) 
God could have disallowed Satan, but Satan does not have His way over the life of Job. 
In the life of Moses, all that happened prepared him for where he was going. 
For Moses to become a shepherd in the hand of God, he has to become trained as a shepherd. 
Where one is going in life is in the hand of God.
Also, knowing where one is is not evidence of where one is going.
When Moses was living in the palace of Pharao, he could not perceive becoming a shepherd.
Nevertheless, he ended up becoming a shepherd in the hand of God. 
To be used by God is a great attainment that cannot be compared or traded for anything. 
One knowing and believing in God is enough encouragement to stand firm in every whatever condition. 
If Moses missed his training, he probably would have been out of place to the calling upon his life. 
Moses was content to remain as ordained by God over his life.
Exodus 2:21 records, “Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.”  
Contentment is what made the difference in the life of Moses. 
Life from palace to tent could not be easy, but contentment enabled the transition of Moses.
One with God should ask Him to endue one with the spirit of contentment.
1 Timothy 6:6 states the importance of contentment, “Now godliness and contentment is great gain.” 
The challenges of Moses drove him to where he received the calling of God.
With contentment, Moses was in place to receive the calling upon his life.

Prayer for today: Ask God to endue you with all it takes not to miss the place of calling.