Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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Moses was honestly seeking God's help when he saw Pharaoh's army coming. The problem was, he was asking God to do what God had said He would accomplish. He was praying for something that God was in the midst of doing. And for this, God rebuked him.
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Read More »In the book of Exodus, chapter 14 contains probably the most entertaining of passages. Pharaoh "let the people go" after experiencing ten-plagues-too-many. Even then, he wasn't entirely convinced of his decision. Deciding to go back on his agreement with Moses, he gathered his army and sought to bring the Jews back to Egypt. For the recently freed Jews, seeing the Egyptians coming after them in full battle array must have been horrifying. So much so that the text says the Israelites "cried out to the Lord" (14:10). They had some flippant words for Moses as well. "Were there no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness?" (14:11) Considering Moses had single-handedly negotiated their release from Pharaoh’s brick factory, it is pretty shocking the Israelites were complaining at all. Just to be clear, the Israelites would rather be Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt than die in the desert following God (14:12). After hearing their complaints, Moses bravely tells the groaning Israelites to watch and wait for God. For "He will fight for you while you keep silent" (14:14). In other words, while the Israelites sit on their hands in the sands of Egypt, God will do the heavy lifting. Immediately after, Moses gives a powerful charge to the Israelites. Though it is not mentioned in the text, it can be inferred Moses then prayed to God, probably in desperation. Then, something surprising happens. God says to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward!” (14:15). The Egyptians are coming. Moses takes time to encourage God’s people. Says a quick prayer. Then, incredulously, God breaks in and says “Hey, uh, Moses, stop praying and get on with it already!” God taught Moses an amazing lesson that day, and indirectly teaches us the same as we read.
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Read More »I do not mean to dismiss sincere prayers to God. Moses was honestly seeking God's help when he saw Pharaoh's army coming. The problem was, he was asking God to do what God had said He would accomplish. He was praying for something that God was in the midst of doing. And for this, God rebuked him. Then, God ordered Moses to stay behind. Why? So Moses could do something important? He tells him to stand there, with hands lifted. For what? To magically split the seas? No, to witness. Verse 21 says “Moses stretched out his hand...the Lord drove the sea back.” God strangely tells Moses to hold up his “staff”. This Hebrew word מַטֶּה can also mean “branch” or “rod.” Not surprisingly, it brings the connotation of “tree”. Let’s not stretch this too far, but Moses’ wooden walking stick was instrumental in almost all of the miracles in Egypt. Go back and look. Whether or not the writer of Exodus had a clue about the connection, I see Moses, unknowingly, holding the cross of Christ over his head, on the mountaintop, watching his God perform what was probably the craziest miracle anyone had ever seen. Moses held high his staff as the water-walls were held aside. Today, in our prayers and life, we are to hold high Christ’s tree, those blessed beams that held fast the hands and feet of our Savior atop of the mountain called “Skull-Place”. God calls us today, to witness his work, with arms lifted high in praise. He has already acted and continues to act on our behalf, as we run “through on dry ground” to salvation. It is the full realization of such passages in Exodus that can lead Paul to make the connection to his own call-to-arms in the New Testament. Paul says in Philippians 3:13, "Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead”. Paul is saying the same thing God told Moses. All who follow God need not think, stress, ruminate, dwell, or focus on that which God has already dealt with. Sin, regret, failures; those things are over. “It is finished" (John 19:30)! In the same breath we must remind ourselves, "Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in me will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus" (Philippians 1:6).
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Read More »If this passage in Exodus is how God really feels about prayer, maybe our prayers should be different? Perhaps, it should be a time more concerned with gratitude, and praise, for what God has done (and will do), for who He is, a time of cross-lifting, instead of praying for Him to do things he has already done, is doing, and promises to do. Deuteronomy 34:10 says "Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, who the Lord knew face-to-face." If Moses can get his prayers wrong, we shouldn't be surprised if we do as well from time to time. But this verse is no longer true, you see. A prophet greater than Moses has come. Next time you find yourself praying for things that have already been promised or completed, remember that great prophet, hands nailed wide on wood, watching God work the craziest miracle anyone had ever seen: True Salvation. He has called us to run through the divided curtain to the throne room of the same God that Moses witnessed divide those walls of water. Trust He will do what He says He will do. Pray in gratitude that He has acted and is now acting on your behalf. And, of course, “Move forward!”
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