Points Of Change - The One Year Devotions for Men on the Go

When the Lord saw that he had caught Moses’ attention, God called to him from the bush, “Moses! Moses!” “Here I am!” Moses replied. Exodus 3:4

God had chosen Moses from birth to be the deliverer of his people. He was miraculously protected as a baby and was privileged to grow up in the finest home in the land. He received the best possible education and had all the benefits of wealth. As a result, he became proud and believed everything would come easy for him. As a forty-year-old man, Moses concluded it was time for him to live out his destiny as the rescuer of Israel.

It was a disaster! The very people Moses was called to lead didn’t appreciate him or accept him as a leader. Moses’ education was only half finished and he didn’t realize it. Concluding he had failed, his confidence plummeted and his vision shifted. He disappeared to his uncle’s homeland to lose himself in herding sheep and raising a family. For the next forty years, he learned to live quietly and contentedly and to work hard and expect little. He figured he would die in obscurity with a dream of what might have been.

Then Moses encountered the burning bush. Speaking from the bush, God called him. Moses was changed again. He was humble this time but determined to do what God made him to do. His education was complete. Now he was a man with authority, not just aggression. His vision was clear because there was no pretense in it. He was ready to lead the “sheep” of Israel through a wilderness journey.

Moses was not doing what men are naturally inclined to do. He was doing what his Creator had called him to do.

God has called you and is training you for a purpose. There will be key moments along the path that are necessary to shape you into the man for the job. Those moments might seem like failures or like great achievements. Either way, the key question is this: Will they change you?

Lord, use key events in my life to make me the man you want me to be.