Throw It Down
"Then the Lord asked him, 'What is that in your hand?'" Exodus 4:2 NLT
The Bible says: "The the Lord asked him, 'What is that in your hand?' 'A shepherd's staff,' Moses replied. 'Throw it down on the ground,' the Lord told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back. Then the Lord told him, 'Reach out and grab its tail.' So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd's staff in his hand" (vv. 2-4 NLT). Then God instructed Moses to go back to Egypt and tell Pharaoh to set the children of Israel free. "Take your shepherd's staff with you, and use it to perform the miraculous signs I have shown you" (v. 17 NLT). It represented his security. It gave him physical security from wild animals. It gave him financial security--his sheep were his financial asset. Moses' staff also identified him as a shepherd. This experience marked the ending of one season in his life, and the beginning of another. The staff Moses threw down had been used to tend sheep, but the one he picked up would be used to part the waters of the Red Sea and lead God's people to the promised land. Is God asking you to throw down that which represents your security and your identity? Don't be afraid, do it! What you get back will be greater than anything you are asked to give up. The only way you will find your identity is by letting go of your old one. The only way you will find your security in Christ is by throwing down the human securities you cling to.
This message taken from: Daily Devotional - The Word For You Today
The Bible says: "The the Lord asked him, 'What is that in your hand?' 'A shepherd's staff,' Moses replied. 'Throw it down on the ground,' the Lord told him. So Moses threw down the staff, and it turned into a snake! Moses jumped back. Then the Lord told him, 'Reach out and grab its tail.' So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd's staff in his hand" (vv. 2-4 NLT). Then God instructed Moses to go back to Egypt and tell Pharaoh to set the children of Israel free. "Take your shepherd's staff with you, and use it to perform the miraculous signs I have shown you" (v. 17 NLT). It represented his security. It gave him physical security from wild animals. It gave him financial security--his sheep were his financial asset. Moses' staff also identified him as a shepherd. This experience marked the ending of one season in his life, and the beginning of another. The staff Moses threw down had been used to tend sheep, but the one he picked up would be used to part the waters of the Red Sea and lead God's people to the promised land. Is God asking you to throw down that which represents your security and your identity? Don't be afraid, do it! What you get back will be greater than anything you are asked to give up. The only way you will find your identity is by letting go of your old one. The only way you will find your security in Christ is by throwing down the human securities you cling to.
This message taken from: Daily Devotional - The Word For You Today
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