CONVENIENT TO COMMITMENT
Exodus 2

Moses, at the time of his departure from his comfort zone he lacked preparation but he was packed with indiscernible, unobvious and unapparent divine purpose of God for his life. Just like Moses, Joseph, Paul the apostle and a few others had to depart from their comfort zone to a commitment zone where God had purposed for them to attain His divine plan. Moses, in an attempt to avoid judgment for the murder case against him in the hand of Pharaoh, fled to Midian (Midian meaning a place of judgment) At times, sin will cause a believer or unbeliever to flee from a place of judgment to unknowingly another place of judgment. In your fleeing, have you thought about the fact of fleeing from a place of judgment to an place of judgment unknowingly? Joseph’s failed attempt to locate his brother at Shechem was enough reason for him to turn back home. After wandering in the field, he was redirected when a man said, “…They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ So Joseph went after his brother and found them in Dothan.”” (Genesis 37:17) For Joseph, it was not accidental but a move from comfort zone to a commitment zone; a place where he was destined to live for the fulfillment of God’s plan. Paul the apostle was on his way to persecute believers in Damascus. Paul had a letter of permission, “…To the synagogues, of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.” (Acts 9:2) It was a comfortable assignment for Paul until the time when, “…Light shone around him from heaven. 4 Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”” (Acts 9:3-4) Paul’s convenient journey changed to commitment by virtue of his encounter with Jesus. In life, when it is time for God to change your status, neither situation nor man can deny Him. Moses’ move from palace to a place-less can be likened to a move from grace to grass. During the process of his transition he was contented and there was no record of complaint, “…Moses was content to live with the man…” (Exodus 2:21) After all of all in Moses life, God appeared to him, “And the Angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed.” (Exodus 3:2) Moses’ departure from comfort got him to a ground where, he turned aside to see the great sight. (Exodus 3:3) Do you have a need to actually turn aside before realizing that commitment has taken the place of convenience in your journey?

Prayer for today: Ask God to lead you and guide you to your ground of divine assignment