| Our verse to DATE the Word on March 4 (3/4) is Exodus 3:4 |
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| Exodus 3:4 says, “So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” |
| The first ABILITY is AVAILABILITY! You don’t have to say a lot to have said a lot. For instance, I can hear a man say two words and then hear a woman say two words, and having heard each say those two words I have the power to change their lives forever. Those two words are I DO. Upon hearing them respond to my call to promise to love and cherish until death I then pronounce them to be HUSBAND and WIFE. The saying of two words changed everything. Here in Exodus 3:4, we have THREE words that will change everything for Moses. After seeing a bush that was burning but not being consumed Moses stopped what he was doing and turned aside to see this most unusual action. With God having His attention God now calls out to Moses and Moses responds with “HERE I AM!” These three words would change everything for Moses and, worth saying, so many others. You might find it interesting that Moses is not the only one to say HERE I AM. Abraham will say HERE I AM in Genesis 22 twice. God would call out to Jacob two different times and he would say HERE I AM. God would call out to Joseph and he would say HERE I AM. God would call out to the child Samuel and he would respond with HERE I AM. In 1 Samuel 3:4, we read, “the LORD called Samuel. And he answered, “Here I am!” Ananias, in the NT, will hear God’s call and he will respond with HERE I AM. And then, of course, there is Isaiah who upon seeing the Lord will eventually hear the Lord and will respond with HERE AM I! (Isaiah 6) HERE I AM and/or HERE AM I are three words of AVAILABILITY. While there usually is a little more to finalizing doing what God has for a person so many times we see God’s servants saying HERE I AM. As I discipler and mentor I emphasize over and over that DEPENDABILITY is the greatest of abilities. However, the first ability is AVAILABLITY. Are you AVAILABLE to God? Is there a mindset of wanting to know what God wants for your life? Can God INTERRUPT your present life with a new assignment? God interrupted Moses’ life as a shepherd in order to have him return to Egypt and bring the Hebrews out of bondage and lead them on a journey to the Promise land. Moses was just 80 when this happened. God interrupted Mary one afternoon by having the angel Gabriel stop by and tell her she was highly favored by God, and that she would be the mother of the Messiah. Mary does not respond with HERE I AM, but her answer was just as close as she said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” (Luke 1:38) BTW, she was just a teenager. A group of men of various ages and various employment would hear FOLLOW ME and I will make you fishers of men. While we don’t have the exact HERE I AM answer, their answer was very close as over and over they would respond with “and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.” (Matthew 4:22) They were AVAILABLE to FOLLOW. Are you AVAILABLE to be a vessel in God’s hand to accomplish His assignment(s) for His glory? Verse to DATE the Word on March 4 (3/4) is Exodus 3:4.It says, “So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” The first ability is AVAILABILITY! Continue Strong AVAILABLE for His next assignment, And remember to DATE THE WORD |