God's Word is Always Relevant
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
I was reading Numbers tonight and I was thinking wow! I know how Moses felt. He was talking to the Lord about how all the people were whining and complaining and about how God was getting angry. So he says to the Lord, "why have you brought all this trouble on me?" I laughed even when I read Moses says, I didn't give these people birth, I didn't bring them in the world, so what did I do to deserve this? Why do you want me to carry them around in my arms as a nurse carries and infant and bring them to the land you promised them. lol!
Oh my, I feel your pain Moses!! He said, these people just keep coming to me and complaining, they won't listen, they want their own way and here I am trying to be obedient and do what you have told me, but man I wanna give up.
I could so relate. In the ministry there are times when I just hit my knee and say, Okay God, you created this kid, you brought him to us, so you change him because I can't. You speak to him, you open his eyes so he can see what you want him to see and his ears so he can hear your voice, because right now I just wanna give up. I am tired of serving. Then God speaks to me in that small wee voice and says .... now you get to feel a little of what I feel when I am dealing with you. lol!! Why did He have to go there????
I love God's Word, I love reading it and it is so so relevant to me today.
Oh my, I feel your pain Moses!! He said, these people just keep coming to me and complaining, they won't listen, they want their own way and here I am trying to be obedient and do what you have told me, but man I wanna give up.
I could so relate. In the ministry there are times when I just hit my knee and say, Okay God, you created this kid, you brought him to us, so you change him because I can't. You speak to him, you open his eyes so he can see what you want him to see and his ears so he can hear your voice, because right now I just wanna give up. I am tired of serving. Then God speaks to me in that small wee voice and says .... now you get to feel a little of what I feel when I am dealing with you. lol!! Why did He have to go there????
I love God's Word, I love reading it and it is so so relevant to me today.
posted by Live, Love, Laugh | 10:11 PM
11 Comments:
I wandered onto your blog via Pat's. I don't guess that I had thought of things that way. We, too, minister to the incarcerated here in Michigan, but ours are adults. There are times when we have wanted to give up because you are right..whining and complaining or just not understanding what is going on in people's lives because of maybe being mislead...but God is always there to remind us that we are no better, we make mistakes and have even hurt people ourselves, not meaning to. He died for ALL of us! What a good analogy...Moses...yep, we can relate totally!
i too love His Word - thx for sharin your revelations!
Oh yes, His word and His ways are so wonderful! And sometimes convicting - when in His loving- kindness he causes us to look in the mirror! How could we not love Him and His ways? He is so good.
Ha! This is perfect Dana and your post is timely...Thank God He has a sense of humor or we would all be doomed....Pray all is well with you...Blessings and hugs,
donna
The story of Joseph is one of my favorites. Imagine his horror and desperate prayers when he was about to be murdered by his brothers. Shortly afterwards, I've wondered what his thoughts were when he was sold into slavery and then much later found himself sitting in prison for years. .... turns out, God knew what he was doing. ;0)
I pray the schedule thing works out the way it's intended and I think God places in positions where we get an earful, BUT we have to be listening. sounds like you are :-)
Talk about bearing one another's burdens, huh? ;o)
Thanks for describing me, I guess all of us have a little of Moses in us! Use to I would say give it to someone else I ain't got time ! Now I worry about things if I don't take care of them because I didn't take time ? Blessings. Ron.
Awesome Post sister!
"In the beginning was the Word, & the Word was with God & the Word was God." John 1:1 [NASB]
I finally did another entry, visit when you have the time! Happy Easter Weekend. Shalom~
keep reading, keep doing good.
Wow, just what I needed to read today...almost 10 days after you posted it (am I behind on my blog reading or what!?!!?)
Great post...yes God's Word is ALWAYS relevant...and timely too!!!
Blessings!
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