{"id":30039,"date":"2022-03-31T17:12:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T21:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=30039"},"modified":"2022-04-01T07:45:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:45:53","slug":"worship-wednesday-sidelined-by-whom-a-musical-account-of-moses-and-his-god-ken-medema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=30039","title":{"rendered":"Worship Wednesday – Sidelined? By Whom? – A Musical Account of Moses and His God – Ken Medema"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Heartlight<\/a><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Lord<\/span><\/span> asked him [Moses], \u201cWhat is that in your hand?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
\u201cA staff,\u201d he replied.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
\u201cThrow it on the ground,\u201d he said. So Moses threw it on the ground, it became a snake, and he ran from it. <\/span><\/span>The <\/span>Lord<\/span><\/span> told Moses, \u201cStretch out your hand and grab it by the tail.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
So he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand. <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
\u201cThis will take place,\u201d he continued, \u201cso that they will believe that the <\/span>Lord<\/span><\/span><\/em>, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.\u201d<\/em> – Exodus 4:3-5<\/a>
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The life of Moses inspires us all. He definitely had seasons when he must have felt side-lined…looking out the palace windows with no royal way to help the Israelite slaves; then 40 years tending sheep on the far side of nowhere; and finally after leading God’s people through the wilderness to the Promised Land, dying without entering himself<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Who sidelines us? What exactly sidelines us? Too often we are our own limiting factor…we put ourselves on the bench.<\/div>\n
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Is God not still at work in our lives…through every season?<\/div>\n
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Earlier this week, I was lamenting (maybe even whining) to a friend about something that gets to me from time to time. That feeling of being sidelined…after a lifetime of great productivity and unmerited influence. What is it, I asked her (or maybe God), about this season that is so hard? That feeling of being place-less, ministry-less. Surely it’s not my age or gender…or is it? Is there no more fruitfulness to look forward to this side of Heaven?<\/div>\n
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Can I execute bountiful pity parties or what?!<\/div>\n
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Then even in this talk with my friend, God’s sweet truth broke through. Dr. Curt Thompson<\/a> is spot on when he talks about how we can come “to our senses” just in the simple experience of being seen…being known by a trusted friend. At the end of that conversation, as we prayed, the tears flowed (which is rare for me), and God reminded me of His own goodness and good purposes – and while I had breath, nothing was about to thwart what He was doing in and through me…in and through all of us.<\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Heartlight<\/a><\/p>\n

Just in the course of a few hours after that conversation, the Lord worked His grace in my heart, and I’m back in the life He has so generously given me.<\/p>\n

5 lessons God taught me…again<\/strong>:<\/p>\n