Category: God

The Moses Principle Part 2

Last week I talked about the Moses Principle and how Moses tried to make excuses when God called him. Today I wanted to share a little more about the Moses Principle. There is more that we can learn from Moses about ourselves

In Moses’ life there came a time where he had to lead the children of Israel. It came in stages for him as he acted on God’s Word and did what God told him to do. There are some leadership principles that we can learn from Moses.

Leadership is obedience.

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Where did Moses learn how to lead the children of Israel? He learned through obedience. His obedience to God is what propelled his leadership. Moses learned how to lead by being obedient. As God gave Moses direction, he would relay the directions to the people. In the eyes of the people Moses was seen as a leader. In the eyes of God, Moses was a man that would follow His commands and have a heart for his people.

From this, there is an aspect of leadership that we can learn. The key to leadership is to obey the voice of God. Just as God gave Moses directions for every situation, He will do the same for us. Our focus, has to be on hearing the voice of the Lord.

Instead of giving the excuses that seem to be readily available when we need them, we must press through.

Today we have access to opinions, studies, polls and all types of  information.  The access to information is so great that we can let it drown out the voice of God, if we let it.  All the information that we have in this world falls short of the wisdom of God.

Leadership is action.

The first step to leadership is to obey the voice of God. The second step is to take action based on those instructions. Hearing God’s voice will only get us partially there. We must take actions that are based on those instructions.

An example of this is when the children of Israel needed water. The first time God told Moses to strike a rock and the water would come. The second time around, God gave Moses a different set of instructions. He told Moses to speak to the rock. Moses decided to do what he did the previous time.

He disobeyed the voice of God. He did not follow the instructions and it cost him dearly.

As we obey the voice of God, we will be elevated to positions of leadership. Not because we are great and have more knowledge than those around us. No, our leadership will come from being obedient.

Be encouraged today!! We don’t have to aim to be a leader, trendsetter or anything like that. Let’s just aim to be obedient and God will direct us on where we are supposed to be.

A Moses Moment

We Can Learn from Moses

There is so much that we can learn from the people in the Bible. One that I was recently studying and looking at is Moses. Moses accomplished some of the most amazing things in the Bible. Yet, if we look at the man that is him, there are a lot of the aspects of him that we can relate to.


My Moses Moment

About two years ago, God put it on my heart to write a book. This was a completely new direction for me. I hadn’t really considered doing something like this. So as God is giving me this new set of directions on what I’m supposed to do I’m having a hard time wrapping my mind around it.

It was during this time that I had a Moses moment. If we remember Moses had left Egypt and was having what we would consider a comfortable life. It was in the midst of this that God came to him and told him that he wanted him to set His people free [Exodus 3].

Responding to God

When God began talking to Moses and telling him everything that He wanted Him to do, Moses had an interesting response. Most of us would think that the ideal response would be excitement about what God is about to do.

Moses had a response that I believe most of us have when God talks to us. It’s the same response I had when God told me about writing a book. My response, Moses’ response and many other people respond with the excuses of why we can’t do it.

Moses gave God every excuse that he could think of, to try and help God see that he wasn’t the right person. I came up with my own set of excuses and they manifested in me procrastinating and then just now wanting to do it. Many times God is calling His people to take the next step. We come up with the excuses and reasons on why it shouldn’t be us.

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We seem to think that we will help God choose someone else for this assignment. When we fail to realize that He chose us.

We seem to think that we will help God choose someone else for this assignment. When we fail to realize that He chose us. Click To Tweet

More Alike than we Think

Just by looking at Moses and how he responded to God, we are more like Moses that we realize. Has God called us to free His people from slavery, maybe not. He has called us to free the people in bondage around us. It may not be millions of people, it may be one person.

Our responses tend to more in line with the people in the Bible than we think.

Like Moses, at some point we run out of the reasons and excuses on why we can’t do what God has called us to do. Then we’re left with His Word and taking a step of faith in what He said was possible.

What has held you back from what God has called you to do?

3 Ways You Can Succeed Like God Wants You To

Faith in God

Does God want us to succeed in life?

There are times in life where it can feel like God doesn’t want us to succeed or that He doesn’t care what we do or the decisions we make. That is not true. God cares deeply about what we do and in the manner in which we do it.

Jeremiah 29:11(AMP)
For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you, says the Lord, plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster to give you a future and a hope.

We can see that God does care because He has plans for us. He wants us to succeed in life. God’s version of success is not the same as ours. With God, the focus is not about the material possessions. Those things may come, but God’s version of success has to do with pursuing Him. Here are three ways to succeed God’s way.

1. Say What God Says

We are bombarded with messages all day. There are so many things telling us negative messages, that we need to combat those messages. Some people like to call it positive affirmations or something to that affect. I like to give credit where credit is due. Saying what God says gives us the words to combat all of the negative messages that we receive.

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2. See What God Sees

While saying what God says is the first step, we also have to engage our imaginations and see what God says happening in our lives.

As we grow into adulthood, we lose the imaginations that were so active when we were children. God wants us to use those imaginations to see our future. See our future as He sees it.

For us to use our imaginations to see God’s word come to pass in our lives is a part of applying God’s word to our lives.

3. Act on what God is saying

Saying what God says and imagining it happening in our lives will only take us so far. They will just be thoughts and words if we don’t have the actions to support them. The first two steps help us to fight the things that go on in our head. Our actions will follow the thoughts we have.

What is God telling you? You can succeed as God intended for you. It can be done, however it will not just fall in our lap. It also will not just magically appear, we have our part to play.

Our part shows that we value God. That we trust Him and what He says. It is time to succeed the way that God wants us to.