Timing

Could you imagine if you and I were trying to start up a major life plan in our senior years? In todays society, the average human begins to slow and break down anywhere from 60 to 70 years old… some much much earlier.

As I was studying the life and events of Moses and the Israelites, I discovered several things I had not seen before, one of which was the fact that both Moses and Aaron were in their 80’s when God brought them before Pharaoh… a different one, by the way, from Moses Adopted Grandfather. God waited until that Pharaoh died, as well as anyone who would have tried to kill Moses.

Another thing that I read and am still processing, is where God tried to Kill Moses at the encampment, right before he met with his brother Aaron. I believe that it all came down to obedience … God is not one to ignore even in the most minute things that must go according to His plan, His Covenant, and HIS purpose! I don’t believe that God would have killed Moses, just as He interceded with Abraham on that mountain… just before he slay his own son to show God his true obedience.

God was preparing each and every step Moses would need to take, and there would be no overlooking something like not circumcising his own sons. I sometimes forget that Moses was brought up with an Egyptian culture, not the Hebrew one that he was born into, so I can see how it may have not occurred to Moses about the importance of the circumcision law set down by God. This is why I found it so important to read as many different translations and history of that time as possible… context is everything!

Timing is also very crucial here, as there was no way that Moses, nor his brother Aaron, were prepared to simply walk in before the Pharaoh and boldly command that the people be released… Moses was still being prepared to do what God had called him to do, and that would not happen overnight… it could, but I know how we humans can be, so God, in His infinite patience for us, chose the timing of each and every phase of the process of Freedom for His people.

I can understanding the lesson being short and sweet if it were only for a single souls path, but to change the heart of a nation of Taskmasters with a desire for comfort, wealth and power, the letting go lessons had to be big ones.

Not only did I see God work in the smallest of details in Moses Obedience, I understand more of why God set things up to ensure the people would be set free. The signs and wonders to be displayed before the people were not only to strengthen the Israelites faith to pack up and bravely leave the only life they knew, but also to make the Egyptians want them gone.

God repeatedly hardened Pharaohs heart right on the heels of each Wonder performed, because He already knew that it would take all of His signs and wonders to change hearts… not just one or a few had to believe. ALL the steps had to be taken to break every tie that held the Israelites in bondage. This process was just as necessary for the people of God as it was for Pharaoh and his people. Just as the Taskmasters needed to want them gone, the Israelites needed to be brave enough to get up and go.

Several times Pharaoh even tried to trick God into thinking he would finally let them go, even before it says that God hardened his heart, so the man was definitely playing a game of poker here and God finally called his bluff… at the cost of his firstborn son.

We follow a God that whispers, but f.y.i. He is not a fool and most assuredly, no bluffer!

What God is, to me, is a God of infinite patience, mercy and grace, and the most tolerant of all parents. If you understand anything about being a parent, it’s that we love our children enough to discipline them for their betterment. At some point, we realize that we cannot always be their friend, our parentage will guide them through those times… even if they don’t like us very much… we have to think of the long run, their end game. Parenting is not for sissies!

And…….. you guessed it… GOD IS NO SISSY!

He is the parent of all parents! I am so grateful that He showed us this all the way back in our history from the very beginning. His timing worked in every place I have studied, so this gives me confidence and great comfort in knowing that my life, which is in His hands, is traveling along in HIS timing, and not mine!

There is a song by Josie Buchanan titled, “Whatever Your Plan Is” that seemed to be fitting this morning. May it bring you encouragement in your day as you remember that whatever your plans are, God will always do you one better!

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Here is for the heartburn…

Here is for the tummy…

And, here is for the couch…

Have an awesome day everyone… May God Bless you richly in all you do… hugs…