IS HOREB FOR YOU?
Exodus 3:1-10

God’s calling often comes at a ground of no distraction. Every man wants to be used for God but how many wants to be placed on a ground of no distraction?  Moses’ calling could not be until he got to his ground of no distraction. “Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father -in-law, the priest of Median. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.” (Exodus 3:1) Horeb means desolate and Mount Sinai is another name for Horeb. Desolate is defined in the dictionary as; devoid of inhabitants; deserted; barren; lifeless; rendered unfit for habitation or use. A desolate place became the holy ground, mountain of God where Moses ended up before he could answer the calling of God and be sent on God’s mission. Will you pray that God will bring you to your Horeb? Think of it before you pray it. It is not a popular prayer because of the challenges that you will encounter before getting to Horeb. If indeed you are sold out to Him, if indeed you are sincere with every of your confession such as “I surrender unto Jesus on to thee I give it all” ask God in your prayer to take you to your Horeb, a ground of encounter, a ground of sacrifice, a ground of entering into a journey of no turning to self, but aside unto God’s calling. Also it is a ground that will eventually deliver unto you a blessed attainment before God. Think of it, there is nothing to live for but God. The challenges of living for God are huge and it can be painful and exhausting only if you want to carry the world instead of the word of God with you. He is faithful and if He calls you He will back you up when you chose not to back out. Moses, a man that had lived for forty years in the palace of one of the most powerful nations at the time, had all that could be needed while living in the palace of Pharaoh. Overnight he ended up in the desert, a place of inadequacy. It was not by accident, but he was going through the process of time as man that was born in due season. Who could have convinced Moses to go down to the desert, a place that is considered as lifeless? Only God can draw man to Himself anywhere, anytime regardless of the place or situation, “The earth is the LORD’s, and all its fullness, the world and those who dwell therein.” (Psalm 24:1)

Prayer for today: In your life God will convert all that is lifeless to life-full. If you sincerely want to go for God, ask Him to take you to your Horeb, your Mountain of God. He will not fail you but you will pass into His blessing and glory.