Last weekend I went to a women's conference with my church back home. One of the speakers broke down Exodus 4 in a way that I'd never thought about. She focused on Exodus 4:2, "The Lord said to him, 'What's in your hand?'". If we back up and look at the first verse of the chapter we see that Moses is basically saying, 'they're not going to believe me, who am I to send your message to these people?'.
All week long, I've been continuously thinking about this and asking myself what am I going to do with 'what's in my hand'?
The most practical matter that I can think of that's in my hands at this time is one hundred very impressionable minds. What am I going to do with that? I find myself, more often than not, having the same response as Moses did in Exodus 4:1. What can I do? How can I be a light to all of these children? It's so easy to be complacent in life and to sit back and take things how they go. I can recall so many missed opportunities or times when I wished I would have said a little more or would have been more open about my faith. Jesus calls us to be BOLD, to share Him in everything that we do. It has been my prayer lately that I make the most of these last four months that I have with my students, but not only my students, my prayer is that I would strive to live uncomfortably...to be unlike the world...to seek to make Christ the center of every interaction and every relationship that I have. My prayer for you is that you would make the most of where you are right now and what the Lord has placed in your hand.
All week long, I've been continuously thinking about this and asking myself what am I going to do with 'what's in my hand'?
The most practical matter that I can think of that's in my hands at this time is one hundred very impressionable minds. What am I going to do with that? I find myself, more often than not, having the same response as Moses did in Exodus 4:1. What can I do? How can I be a light to all of these children? It's so easy to be complacent in life and to sit back and take things how they go. I can recall so many missed opportunities or times when I wished I would have said a little more or would have been more open about my faith. Jesus calls us to be BOLD, to share Him in everything that we do. It has been my prayer lately that I make the most of these last four months that I have with my students, but not only my students, my prayer is that I would strive to live uncomfortably...to be unlike the world...to seek to make Christ the center of every interaction and every relationship that I have. My prayer for you is that you would make the most of where you are right now and what the Lord has placed in your hand.
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