Archives for September 2013

LIKE ANYONE WHO FOCUSES on his/her own weakness, I am sure that at times you have felt that you just could not make it!

Or maybe that you were too inadequate to even conquer the things set before you, even the little things.

Moses was at that same place. He had led the children of Israel out of Egypt by the hand of God, but felt he was not able to lead them further. Here are his numerous complaints in Numbers 11:11-15 NIV:

• “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant?”
• “What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?”
• “Did I conceive all these people?”
• “Did I give them birth?”
• “Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors?”
• “Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’”
• “I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.”
• “If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.”

The Lord, however, sees the potential in Moses because HE PUT THAT POTENTIAL IN HIM! He tells him to call the 70 elders and bring them forth. He declares,

“I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone” (Numbers 11:17).

Notice that He took the spirit that was upon Moses. He specifically tells Moses that what He was taking and sharing was what was already inside/upon him!  What the Lord had put upon Moses was enough to share among 70 others. Incredible!!!!

Let’s stop doubting what is in us!

• What God has put upon un/in us is enough to fuel a team!
• It is enough to empower a family!
• It is enough, I believe, to set a generation ablaze with a zeal for the return of the King!

PRAYER: Abba, thank you for seeing the potential in us long before we do. Thank you for your patience for the day you open our eyes and we see that amazing power that is within us — that same power that raised Yeshua from the dead! Yeshua generously shared with us the power of HIS Spirit. Let us, as liberally, share that power with others — IGNITING OTHERS TO SERVICE. Amen!