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Sunday October 22, 2017.

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God's Double-Talk

The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go (Exodus 4:21).

Have you ever had a boss tell you to do something only to have him sabotage your ability to complete the task? Nothing is more frustrating than to begin to carry out a task and have your superior thwart your effort to do what THEY asked you to do.

Moses must have felt this way after God told him to go to Pharaoh and tell him to release the people of Israel. He said "I am going to give you the power to release the children of Israel by the miracles I will do through you." Yet, at the same time, he told Moses they would not be released because He was going to put a hard heart in Pharaoh. How do we reconcile this?

In my own life I knew God called me to certain endeavors. Yet, every time I turned around a roadblock stood in my way. It took years of plodding along before the light came on as to why there was such a distance between what God called me to do and the manifestation of that calling.

When David was anointed King of Israel it was years before he realized the manifestation of that calling. There are a number of reasons for these delays. In the case of Israel, God wanted to demonstrate His power in such a way that generations would be able to hear the story of their deliverance from their ancestors. God wanted greater glory from the situation. God also wanted to deal with every curse against Egypt by sending a specific plague to deal with each curse. Finally, the very process built character in Moses and tested Moses to see if he would stay the course.

There is a time for everything. If God has called you to some endeavor and you are frustrated that it has not manifested, know that times of preparation and simmering are required before the vision can be achieved. Seldom does God call and manifest it at the same time. There is preparation. There is testing. There is relationship building between you and God that must take place. Once this is complete you will see the vision materialize.

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