"We must obey God rather than men. "
Acts 5:29
CHOICES, CHOICES
Read It: Exodus 1:15-2:2; Hebrews 11:23
For three weeks we've been looking at the saga of faith in Hebrews 11. We could spend another month in this incredible chapter, but we're going to wrap up this week by talking about the conflicts of faith. Now I'm not saying there are conflicts within our faith. I'm talking about the conflicts that come up when we decide to live by faith. We've got a great example before us this week, the man Moses, and we're going to learn some powerful lessons from his life. Let's start with this one from Hebrews 11:23-the life of faith chooses the plans of God rather than the plans of this world.
This is critical because whether you decide to follow God or the world will determine how fruitful, how victorious, and how successful your life is. If you are a defeated Christian today, one reason may be that you've made the wrong choices. Moses' life was determined by choices even when he was too young to choose for himself. The Pharaoh was worried about the birth rate of Jewish males. Can't have the slaves outnumbering the home folk. So Egypt instituted a program of Jewish baby boy genocide. Moses' parents looked at their baby and said, "We are not going to submit to the king's plan. We are not going to sit here and do nothing while this government ernment comes and destroys this baby." So in an act of sovereign faith, they placed baby Moses in a basket and put it behind the bulrushes in the Nile River. They did not allow the king's edict to become the final word. They decided that even though the government ernment had a plan, God had a better plan. Many of us think that because someone in authority gives the plan, it's the plan we have to follow. But unless that plan agrees with God's plan, it's the wrong plan. What God wants you to understand is that your ultimate mate allegiance is not to this world and its system. It's not to the popular lar trends in society, and it's not to what everyone else wants for your life. The issue for you as a Christian is, what does God want? Think About It Even if you've made some wrong choices, the beautiful thing about the grace of God is that you can change your choices.
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