GOD’S WORD FOR JUNE 3

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is  Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

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APART FROM A MIRACLE

Exodus 4:2

“The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”  He said, “A staff.”

D.L. Moody

Here was Moses, a weak, solitary man going down to Egypt to meet a monarch who had the power of life and death.  All he had with which to deliver the people from bondage was this rod!  Yet see how famous that rod became.  God’s servant had but to stretch it out and the water of the country was turned into blood.  He had only to lift up the rod and the waters of the Red Sea separated so the  people could pass through dry-shod.  He lifted this rod and struck the flinty rock; when the water burst forth, they drank and were refreshed.  But it was not the rod, it was the God of Moses, who condescended to use it.

ERWIN LUTZER’

Yes, the rod of Moses became the rod of God!  One day there was a tree growing in the desert, and one of its branches became a staff.  This rod accompanied Moses for the rest of his life, becoming a symbol of his relationship with God.  The power was not in the rod, but in the God who provided it for His servant.

When Moses was standing at the Red Sea, he faced a crisis.  The Egyptians were behind him, the sea was in front of him, and there was difficult terrain on both sides.  God led Moses to a tight place; he was exactly where God wanted him.  But in that tight place, God provided a way of escape.  Moses lifted the object he had acquired in the desert and God parted the sea.

There is a lesson here for us:  Just as the staff became a constant reminder to Moses of his life in the desert, so it is with our desert experiences.  We learn lessons in the desert that we will carry with us for the rest of our lives.  What is in your hand?  What did you learn during those hard times that you can use as you move forward in your walk as a Christian?

PRAYER

Father, thank You for being with me in my desert; please help me to be reminded of Your faithfulness.

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Hebrews 12:5

 Do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord.

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Ecclesiastes 7:14

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other

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Proverbs 3:11-12

    “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline, and do not resent his rebuke, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.”

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Job 23:10

    “But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.”

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Isaiah 45:7

I form light and create darkness, I make well-being and create calamity, I am the Lord, who does all these things

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Amos 3:6

Does disaster come to a city, unless the Lord has done it?

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Psalms 34:17

    “The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.”

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Romans 8:28

    “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

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