Though I read in my Bible yesterday in John 8:21 ->, I started thinking of Moses....Below are my thoughts/ramblings.
Think of Moses….
He was born a Hebrew…born into slavery and marked to die. But he was taught and raised as someone else. He was raised as a prince. He thought he was high and mighty and at the time, what he says goes.
He later comes into truth. He realizes he was born a slave; someone lesser than he thought he was. But he chooses….
Moses chooses truth! But why? Why would he choose to live as a Hebrew slave when he could SEE all that he would lose? I couldn’t imagine he saw any gain in this choice. He ended up stomping in mud, being whipped and underfed! How is it that he is willing to give up what he has as royalty in exchange for something as simple as… truth?
He comes to find out later all the mighty things he does in his lifetime. But it’s not him…it’s God working through him. And look at all that he goes through BEFORE God gets the glory! Serpents, whiny ungrateful slaves heading for freedom, climbing huge mountains to get heavy stone tablets that couldn’t possibly be easy to carry back down the mountain. He had pharaoh on his back and his own people wanting to turn their backs on him!
Did Moses ever wonder ‘what if’? What if I’d stayed a prince of Egypt instead? He wouldn’t have had to go through all those trials and irritants. Did he feel he’d seen any kind of reward while still alive here on earth? Or did it all come to him after death? And why is it that we as humans always want to be rewarded anyway?
What did he really trade? Was it a good trade? Would I be willing to trade what I have in exchange for absolute truth? And would I be able to hold to that truth no matter what it took me through? I know I don’t feel satisfied just “getting my feet wet” in Christ. But can I trust Him enough to DIVE IN?
Think of Moses….
He was born a Hebrew…born into slavery and marked to die. But he was taught and raised as someone else. He was raised as a prince. He thought he was high and mighty and at the time, what he says goes.
He later comes into truth. He realizes he was born a slave; someone lesser than he thought he was. But he chooses….
Moses chooses truth! But why? Why would he choose to live as a Hebrew slave when he could SEE all that he would lose? I couldn’t imagine he saw any gain in this choice. He ended up stomping in mud, being whipped and underfed! How is it that he is willing to give up what he has as royalty in exchange for something as simple as… truth?
He comes to find out later all the mighty things he does in his lifetime. But it’s not him…it’s God working through him. And look at all that he goes through BEFORE God gets the glory! Serpents, whiny ungrateful slaves heading for freedom, climbing huge mountains to get heavy stone tablets that couldn’t possibly be easy to carry back down the mountain. He had pharaoh on his back and his own people wanting to turn their backs on him!
Did Moses ever wonder ‘what if’? What if I’d stayed a prince of Egypt instead? He wouldn’t have had to go through all those trials and irritants. Did he feel he’d seen any kind of reward while still alive here on earth? Or did it all come to him after death? And why is it that we as humans always want to be rewarded anyway?
What did he really trade? Was it a good trade? Would I be willing to trade what I have in exchange for absolute truth? And would I be able to hold to that truth no matter what it took me through? I know I don’t feel satisfied just “getting my feet wet” in Christ. But can I trust Him enough to DIVE IN?
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