A Valley Of Development
EXODUS 4:12
Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say.
The book of Exodus contains one of the greatest biblical stories related to destiny. Most of us are familiar with Moses. We know how he floated in a basket along the Nile until Pharaoh’s daughter found him. We know about the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea. We know that he led the Israelites out of bondage and into freedom. However, we can easily miss the significance of what happened during a period of Moses’s life that the Bible says very little about. Not much is written concerning the time between Moses’s fortieth year (when he fled from Egypt) until his eightieth year (when he met God at the burning bush). Even though there isn’t much written about those four decades, they are critical. During those years, Moses experienced the development he needed to fulfill his destiny. The road to your destiny passes through a valley of development. This is where God prepares you for your destiny and prepares everything and everyone else related to your destiny for you.
Most of us don’t like to think about going through a time of development. It doesn’t usually make for the greatest stories in the Bible either. When we consider Moses, we recall things like the Red Sea or the burning bush. But Moses’s destiny didn’t begin there. It began long before those events. It started in a time of preparation. It began during many long and drawn-out days when Moses took care of things that did not seem all too spectacular. He shepherded sheep each day and ate his meals by a fire each night. His preparation began in trials, challenges, and boredom. And just as God had a plan for Moses, He has a plan to prepare you and lead you to your destiny. He also has a plan to prepare you as well. A developmental process must occur so that when you arrive at your bush, you are ready for your calling and, just as importantly, your calling and all that it entails are ready for you.
Lord, I ask that You will help me to cherish each moment, even those moments when nothing spectacular seems to be happening. Help me to see meaning where I cannot right now, knowing that You are always working in my situation and developing me for what’s ahead.
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