FAITH CAPSULE: God called Moses to attention for His intention.

Exodus 3
 
God is purposeful in all of His operations. It was not an accident that Moses was born at a time when Pharaoh made a law that all Hebrew male sons should be killed at birth. Moses did not only escape death but was also raised on the ground where the law was made (Pharaoh’s palace) When it was time for Moses to engage the route of destiny, a situation that was beyond his capability caused him to flee to the center of his divine assignment. It is written, “Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.” (Exodus 2:11-12) The killing committed by Moses caused him to flee to his center of divine assignment (ground of escape).
While Moses was at his ground of escape God called Moses to attention for His intention. Before his calling he became a shepherd. As a shepherd, he needed an exposure to know how to use a rod. A man who was not exposed to a rod for forty years became a rod-specialist. For forty years, the rod was his number one companion at work. He would not go to work as a shepherd without the rod in his hand. God wants to use you and what you have closest to you. What is in your hand? Consider what is in your hand as God’s weapon or tool of service. A failure to consider what is in our hand for serving God can possibly cause one to miss the entire journey of life? Moses, after training for eighty years (forty in the palace, forty as a shepherd), needed to give attention to what was in his hand on order to serve the intention of God. Moses’ attention began to turn around when he turned aside to the burning bush. The Bible recorded in Exodus 3:4, “So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, ‘Moses, Moses!” And he said, ‘Here I am.’” After hearing and answering God, he later found out that what was in his hand was to be used for God’s intention. “So the Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand? He said, a rod.’” (Exodus 4:2) Moses had a rod for his journey for the Lord. Do you ever wonder what is in your hand? Maybe He has called and you did not pay attention to His intention.
 
Prayer for today:Ask Him for mercy to be able to identify what He has deposited in your life that is meant for the fulfillment of your destiny.