THE CALL OF MOSES

 

God is Great; Ascribe to him Greatness

 

“Moses, the Meekest Yet One of the World’s Strongest Leaders”

Deuteronomy 32

32 “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. ² Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass. ³ For I proclaim the name of the Lord:

Ascribe greatness to our God.

⁴ He is the Rock, His work is perfect;

A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.

His praise endures forever.

New King James Version (NKJV)

  

Moses, the meekest (according to the bible,) yet one of the world’s greatest and strongest leaders called out to the children of Israel and is calling to us today!  

The call of Moses was given to the Israelites when they were delivered out of Egypt and about to enter the promised land.  Moses tells the people to give ear- to pay attention. 

Moses was about to speak some very important words. He was about to pass the baton to Joshua. God had told him he was to go to a mountain and there he would die. Moses knew the baton was passing to a new generation. The older generation, all but he, Joshua and Caleb had died in the wilderness due to rebellion and unbelief.  Now the new generation would go into the promised land with Joshua as their leader.  Moses is telling this younger generation to:

PAY ATTENTION!

We, many generations later have the opportunity through the bible, to glean from the wisdom of Moses, yet not only the wisdom of Moses, but the wisdom of God himself, the inspiration and author of these precious words.  

His call is to follow the ways of God, to let his teachings fall into your ears as dew on dry ground; to thirst and crave the teachings of the one you understand is perfect in all of his ways.

Moses speaks of the greatness of God; but not only greatness, the perfection of God.  

The bible says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.  Are you one that fears the Lord?  

We have the blessed opportunity to learn from the greatest of greats and the wisest of all, God himself!  He is not only great but he is perfect! To understand God is to understand life!

Psalm 111:¹⁰ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;

The most important thing you can do is fear (stand in awe, amazement, wonder & respect of) the Lord.  When you fear the Lord, you have just begun to be wise. When you heed his commandments, you have good understanding.  

To live your life without first fearing the Lord, means you will at some point have to return to square one, the beginning!  

Moses call is to ascribe greatness to God and to understand his ways are perfect.  Ascribe to him the greatness he is worthy of.  To ascribe is to not only write the Word of God, but to speak it out loud- to proclaim it.  

We have his written Word, but God wants us to speak his Word. Often it was hard to translate words from Hebrew to English and the King James version and other versions did their best.  The word, ascribe in English means only to write but in Hebrew it means to call it out loud.  It means to name something or someone.  God’s name is great.  God wants our mouth to speak about his greatness and to proclaim his greatness. He hasn’t called us to be secret Christians, living one way in public but believing something entirely different in our hearts. He wants our life to line up with his Word and he wants our mouths proclaiming his Word.  To ascribe means not only to write but proclaim and name. 

When you ascribe greatness, you communicate to others about the great one! God is great and we cannot keep it a secret. This is step one to living a life that not only inherits promises from God but walks in them. 

Israel is about to inherit their promised land but will they remain there forever? At the time this was written, Moses knew prophetically they would at some point in their future fail and he showed them the way back. 

At this point in our future, none of us know what lies ahead but we can know from this point on the first step in understanding is to not only attribute greatness to God but ascribe it, meaning to proclaim it and live according to his teachings! Let’s ascribe greatness to God, knowing his ways are perfect and live our lives filled with understanding! Amen!

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy%2032&version=NKJV

CHOSEN TO BEAR FRUIT THAT REMAINS

John 15:16 New King James Version (NKJV) 16 You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.

You may think you woke up one day and just decided to start drawing nearer to God but that's not the case. The bible says he chose us not that we chose him and that no person can come to Jesus unless drawn by the Holy Spirit. It is God that decides to draw you. You simply respond to the call of him. If you're thinking about him and if your mind is constantly considering drawing near to him, it is because he is calling and wooing you to draw near. He's gently encouraging you to yield your steps and walk in his direction.

We also need to know we are chosen by him to be fruitful. That means increasing in every area of our lives; whether finances, emotions or growing in him in spiritual maturity. Fruit is also described as the characteristics of God, i.e., joy, love, peace, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faith, & patience. Fruit is also described as being growing in the knowledge and likeness of God; growing in your relationship with him as well. Remaining fruit means his Word takes root in your heart and produces fruit that will grow outwardly and last. In addition, you bear fruit by adding people to his kingdom through both your life and your outspoken witness (testimony) of him. The gospel of Jesus Christ is something that spreads. It's not a fairy tale or a figment of imagination but a true story that is alive and carries great promises. The bible is the world's top seller and the story & life of Jesus that many tried to squash and put down is the greatest story of all time! It's the gospel message that is not only true but has the power to change lives and give eternal life. It sounds to good to be true but the truth is it's beyond and better than our minds can imagine.

The scripture says it is his desire that you bear fruit that remains. God doesn't want us to come to him, believe him, accept Christ and stop there. He doesn't want his work in our lives to be temporary but he wants our fruit to remain. This means he wants to do both an enduring work in us and an enduring work through us. He doesn't want us to be fruitful for just a moment in time. Just as Jesus expected to see fruit on the fig tree as he was passing by, he wants to see fruit in us; fruit that remains throughout our lifetime and is also effectual in the lives of others.

Many come to Jesus but then fall away at the slightest trial but true increase only comes over the long haul. Let's not fall away at trials but let's through our trials grow stronger and even more fruitful!

For those that have slipped into complacency and barrenness, it's a new day. It's never too late to make a new commitment to him.

Know for certain that you were chosen to be born, chosen to be in relationship with him and chosen to bear fruit! He's chosen you for purpose and as we walk in relationship we grow! He's called you for a purpose which is highly valuable!

Let's make a commitment to be fruitful! Amen!

Arise and Shine

WHEN WE ARISE HIS GLORY IS SEEN

When we ARISE, we are allowing the Lord to shine and be seen as he has already done! The glory of the Lord has already arisen upon us. It's time to arise and be of strong courage like Joshua and advance the Kingdom of God! It's not time to be sitting around waiting for something to happen!

We are in a new season of advancement where the body of Christ is arising.

In that arising we are diminishing the ability of the devil to advance the kingdom of darkness!

Praise God saints! It's time to Arise!  When you arise, people will come to you. The glory is already here!  

DON'T LET THE ENEMY HOLD YOU IN FEAR

Don't let your enemy keep you in a place of fear and intimidation! Arise, shine and proclaim with a loud voice what he has done for you! It's time to advance the Kingdom of God! Many do not advance because of fear and intimidation.  Be of good courage and take a step forward doing all he's called you to do!  God is already with us and already inside of us.

Your arising and walking forward puts fear in the devil and diminishes his work! As you arise in Christ, darkness flees and diminishes!  

People are in darkness but they see light in you!  They come to you to take part and be in the light they see in you!  All you have to do is shine! All you have to do is arise!  All you have to do is let Jesus live through you!  However, this is about more than JUST living the life.  People respond to a message heard.  Faith comes by hearing. We must be in the business of both living AND proclaiming. The gospel message was designed to be told.  

When Jesus came on the scene, those around were told to "God and tell!"

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.  2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people;  But the LORD will arise over you,  And His glory will be seen upon you. 3  The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.    4 “ Lift up your eyes all around, and see:   They all gather together, they come to you...

ARISE AND WALK- GET UP AND MOVE FORWARD

Like Jesus says to the paralytic, "Arise, take up your sick bed and walk," so it is time for us to get up and move forward in the Word of God!  We are not sick!

We are full of the presence and power of Jesus himself!  It's time to arise and move forward.  When we move forward, we diminish the motion of the devil. Remember, the devil can't multiply.  

That's why all he can do is try to hold people back from serving God! As you move forward and win hearts and minds for Jesus, you cut off the devil!  Praise God I want to be in the business of diminishing the devil!

CUT OFF THEIR VEHICLES-MOVE FORWARD IN YOURS

Look!  God told Joshua, "Don't worry!  I'll give you the slain and you will hamstring the horses.  You will burn their chariots with fire!"  What God was saying was, "Go forward Joshua! Don't fear and don't worry!  I will make you victorious!  In your forward motion you will cut off your enemy's vehicles and you will cut off their ability to multiply! As you move forward your enemy will diminish!"  

Joshua 11:6

6But the Lord said to Joshua, Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow by this time I will give them up all slain to Israel; you shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.

I could expound on what it means to "hamstring" a horse but let's keep it simple. A hamstringed horse can no longer multiply!  

That's good news!  That means these enemies would be limited in number and ability!

In that day horses and chariots were vehicles by which the enemies of Israel came against them.  By hamstringing the horses and burning tClosehe chariots, their ability to multiply and their ability to move forward was cut off!  What has God put in your heart to do?  We are to go into all the highways and byways.  These are the roads the vehicles travel.

Whatever your highway and your avenue is, use whatever vehicle you have in your hands to advance the gospel of Jesus Christ converting the hearts and minds.  

Now is the time! Now is the season! We can not take lightly or miss this opportunity to advance!

Spreading the gospel and taking over hearts and minds is the New Testament truth of the Old Testament foreshadow of taking land!  I don't want to diminish the promise that the land of Israel is also important and God does have a plan for that physical land but that's another subject.  We are to be in the business of advancing the territory of Jesus in the hearts and minds of people!  Arise and shine and do not fear. Be of good courage and rise up to become all he's called you to be! Take your place in the body of Christ and let the light of Jesus Christ, the very glory of God be seen upon you! Praise God, it's time to advance and take over every highway, every avenue and every vehicle for getting the gospel message out! Be blessed today in Jesus name! Amen!