FAITH CAPSULE: Think of it, there is nothing to live life for but to live for God.
Exodus 3
Desire for God, take position for God to draw you near. To be drawn by God demands seeking God diligently but not sleeping off from Him. Think of it, there is nothing to live life for but to live for God by seeking Him diligently. Seeking God diligently is not serving Him: carelessly, ignorantly or thoughtlessly. God cannot be sought weariness or inattentive. Serving God diligently comes with challenges, but it is certain to overcome challenges. Challenges for living for God are not fun fair but can be warfare route of this wicked world. Challenges of living for God are huge and it can be painful and exhausting. However, God is faithful and if He calls you to be counted as chosen one, He will back you up when you chose not to back out of His calling.
Think of it, God did not call Moses in the comfort palace of Pharaoh. Moses was at Horeb, a place at the back of desert when God called him. Mount Sinai is another name for Horeb which means desolate. Desolate is defined as: devoid of inhabitants; rendered unfit for habitation. A desolate place became the holy ground, mountain of God where Moses ended up before he could answer the calling of God.
At Moses’ arrival to Horeb, “…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.” Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.” (Exodus 3:2-3) God waited for Moses to turn aside for His calling. Are you claiming to be a believer while you are yet to turn aside to God? Think of it, you are turning to God in your comfort way but not putting aside your distracting baggage. Man must give self to turning aside to God alone. Just like Moses did, man must turn aside to God. Exodus 3:4 recorded God’s response to Moses’ turning aside, “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.” God waits to act for man that waits on Him.
After Moses’ coming out of Pharaoh’s palace he ended at Horeb. At his time at Horeb, he was empty with nothing in his hand to hold him back from turning aside to answer God. By the testimony of Moses, answering to God testifies that, until a man his empty, man cannot be full of God. Moses’ relocation from comfortable of Pharaoh’s palace to uncomfortable desert made him empty to turn aside to God. World material is distracting man from turning aside for God’s calling. Desire for God to draw you near to Him.
Prayer for today: Ask God to take over you and live life for Him.