AS I have no doubt mentioned before, I am working my way through the Bible, and I am using a www.youversion.com plan that is produced by https://thebibleproject.com/
(Great resource, BTW!)
The Bible plan that I am using has me reading the first 5 books of the Old Testament. Currently I am slugging away in Leviticus. This book demonstrates how Israel was to present Herself before a Holy God. It’s quite detailed, with the various offerings needed…
I’m also reading about the central character in this story, Moses. While much could be said about him, I want to keep this post at least short.
When God called Moses in Exodus 3 and told Him that he was to go to Pharaoh and tell him to let the Israelites to go free, Moses suddenly came up with severe excuses as to why he couldn’t do what God called him to do.
Sounds familiar, but I digress.
Verses 10-12 are of interest to us right now: “So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt."
11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"
12 And God said, "I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.” (NIV84)
God had called Moses to go, Moses played the “Who-Am-I” card, and God answered His question but not in a way Moses had expected God reminded Moses that God would be with him.
I think we need this reminder today. We need to know above all else that Our God is with us. His Name is Immanuel, which means: “God is with us”
We don’t have to wonder if God has left us, we don’t have to question where God has gone, We don’t even have to send up a smoke signal to inquire of God’s presence. He promises to be with us. Always.
On our good days. On our bad days. Especially on our bad days. This is who God is. He is with us.
John 1:14 reminds us that “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (NIV84)
Not completely sure where I’m going with this, other than to remind us that some times God may not always answer questions that we have, but He will always be with us, and maybe that’s better than having our questions answered anyway.
Hello Pastor Nick. I am also a Pastor from Mumbai, India. I am glad to stop by your profile on the blogger and the blog post. I am also blessed and feel privileged and honoured to get connected with you as well as know you and about you being a Pastor. While going through your blog post I am reminded of the fact that how necessary it is for us to be reminded of the fact that He is with Us. I am blessed by going through it. I love getting connected with the people of God around the globe to be encouraged, strengthened and praying for one another. I have been in the Pastoral ministry for last 39 yrs in this great city of Mumbai a city with a great contrast where richest of rich and the poorest of poor live. We reach out to the poorest of poor with the love of Christ to bring healing to the brokenhearted. We also encourage young and the adults from the west to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. We would love to to have young people from your church to come to Mumbai to work with us during their vacation time. I am sure they will have a life changing experience. My email id is : dhwankhede(at)gmail(dot)com and my name is Diwakar Wankhede. Looking forward to hear from you very soon. God's richest blessings on you, your family and ministry. God willing I will be coming to Calgary, Canada in coming summer of 2019 to visit our son and his family who are settled in Calgary. Our son was working with Mustered Seed for last 12 yrs but recently he has joined other similar Organisation that has ministry amongst Drug addicts and homeless people. I would love to stop by your place and visit you and share more about the opportunity for young people to serve the poorest of poor.
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