Tag: Isaiah 55
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While it may be work, it’s not about the hustle…
While it may make me an outlier, I hate this meme! It’s specious! It wasn’t the Israelites ‘hustle’ that freed them from the Egyptians; it was their willingness to submit to a higher power. A crackheads hustle is not evidence of superior work ethic; they have succumbed to the bonds of addiction. Most often, people…
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Unintended Consequences
Jethro’s reunion with Moses in Exodus 18 gives some insights as to when our best intentions can or do array… 17. And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. So what was he doing? Spending, at least in his father-in-law’s mind, too much time in judgement and…
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His Path
Still thinking about a book I finished awhile back by Robert Reynolds called ‘Unstuck.’ He said, referring to allowing God to direct our path, “In the end, every path of our own creation will lead to less happiness and more captivity.” We need to be willing, like Moses, to say, “Now therefore, I pray thee,…
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When You Don’t Have Answers…
What expectations did Moses have for his time in Midian? Having fled Egypt with a price on his head, I imagine that at least some of those years were spent looking over his shoulder, but when he left Midian to head back to Egypt he didn’t exactly run. Was it fear of what might happen?…
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Living with the In-Laws and Other Unmet Expectations
Upon fleeing Egypt, Moses decides to stay in Midian. In the various Biblical Translations, there is an assortment of adjectives to describe his disposition on staying: Agreed, Content, Willing, Consented (see Exodus 2:21). While all positive or at least neutral in nature it doesn’t reflect the grandest endorsement on his desire to stay, albeit his…