Dare to Believe

I was thinking of Moses this morning… when Moses went to meet the Pharaoh, all that the Pharaoh saw in Moses was a loser – a fallen Prince of Egypt, who was planning a “Mission Impossible” against him.  No wonder the Pharaoh didn't take him seriously! 

The loser took Pharaoh by surprise when he marched the Israelites out of Egypt with the wealth of the Egyptians… into the desert, through the red sea into the Promised Land.  What the Pharaoh failed to see was that Moses was a man sent by God, and God walked before Moses.

Moses did not walk into the palace of Pharoah without a clue… he knew what the Pharaoh was capable of, but he also knew what God was capable of.  He knew the challenges that he would have to face on the way to the Promised Land, but HE believed in the providence of God.  He heard the complaints of his fellow Israelites in the desert, and even the personal attacks against him, but he chose to listen to God. 

When God calls us, HE does not make us blind to our circumstances, but opens our eyes to see beyond them, to see what HE is capable of.  He does not make us deaf to the world around us, but he opens our ears to hear HIS voice.  HE does not make us immune to the hurtful things we may have to face, but HE gives us the strength to rise above them.  

If we continue to believe in our circumstances, they will continue to overwhelm us.  But if we dare to believe in God and what HE is capable of, we shall see the Promised Land.