Let My People Go - To Worship

 

When Moses went to Pharoah, he told him God said, “Let my people go.”  Most only remember those words, but he continued:  “...for they must make a holy pilgrimage… to worship me…”  To step out of your personal slavery or any difficult situation, go first to God. 

Exodus 5:1 (TLB) 5 After this presentation to the elders, Moses and Aaron went to see Pharoah. They told him, “We bring you a message from Jehovah, the God of Israel. He says, ‘Let my people go, for they must make a holy pilgrimage out into the wilderness, for a religious feast, to worship me there.’”

1/1/2024

Count it all joy

These verses say “be happy” when you are tempted or in difficulty. That means you let yourself be energized in anticipation of how you will meet the challenge.  You want to work through your problems. God loves to use your difficulties to develop the very best in you. 

James 1:2-4 (TLB) 2 Dear brothers, is your life full of difficulties and temptations? Then be happy, 3 for when the way is rough, your patience has a chance to grow. 4 So let it grow, and don’t try to squirm out of your problems. For when your patience is finally in full bloom, then you will be ready for anything, strong in character, full and complete.

12/25/2023

Healed of Leprosy

Naaman was a military hero, and a leper?  Leprosy is so contagious that lepers had to live in quarantine so something isn’t adding up in this verse. It is this: Every single person has a contagious and destructive sin, yet God will heal and make a hero of anyone he chooses.

2 Kings 5:1 (TLB) 5 The king of Syria had high admiration for Naaman, the commander-in-chief of his army, for he had led his troops to many glorious victories. So he was a great hero, but he was a leper.

12/17/2023

What is a Servant's Heart?

These verses refer to a relationship with God.  It is not about human servitude.  That is illegal. To have a servant’s heart, you put God and what he wants from you ahead of your needs. To merely obey is good, but it is not conclusively indicative of a desire to serve God and others. 

Luke 17:7-10  7-9 When a servant comes in from plowing or taking care of sheep, he doesn’t just sit down and eat, but first prepares his master’s meal and serves him his supper before he eats his own. And he is not even thanked, for he is merely doing what he is supposed to do. 10 Just so, if you merely obey me, you should not consider yourselves worthy of praise. For you have simply done your duty!”

12/10/2023