FAITH CAPSULE: Nothing happens by accident but all is preparing you for where He is taking you.

Exodus 2:11-22
 
Every situation that happens to man on the face of earth are not hidden from God. God knew what He was going to do with Moses life when he was born at God’s appointed time. Moses was born when Pharaoh commanded that every Hebrew son should be casted in the river. As Go will have it, river that was supposed to be route of death for the new born Moses became his route to gaining life in the hand of Pharaoh’s daughter. Above all, he was also raised in the palace where the law to kill all male was enacted. What a mighty God we serve!
Moses escaped death as an infant, but later turned out to be a murderer that had to run from the palace where he was raised. He ran from Pharaoh’s reach after killing an Egyptian, and ended up in Midian. Nothing happens by accident. God spoke to Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;before you were born I sanctified you;I ordained you a prophet to the nations.” (Jeremiah 1:5)The word of God to Jeremiah is true for all. In the life of Moses, all that happened prepared him for where he was going. In order for Moses to become a shepherd in the hand of God, he had to be trained as a shepherd. You do not know where you will wind up; you only know where you are now. While Moses was living in the palace, he could not have imagined becoming a shepherd. Nevertheless, he ended up becoming a shepherd in the hand of God. To be used by God is a great achievement that cannot be compared to or traded for anything. You know in whom you believe, and that enough is an encouragement for you to stand firm in whatever condition or situation you may encounter. If Moses had missed his training, he probably would have been out of place to be called by God, thus he would have missed his divine schedule for his life. When he was received by the priest of Midian, he did not let pride or anger get in the way of what God planned for Him. Character was in place in the life of Moses, Exodus 2:21, “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. Living in a palace to living in a tent could never have been an easy transition, but Moses was content. The word is true as stated in 1Timothy 6:6, “Now godliness and contentment is great gain.” With contentment, Moses was in place and not out of place for fulfilling the calling for his life.
 
Prayer for today: Ask God to endue you with the spirit of contentment.