"God called to him from the midst of the bush, and said, `Moses, Moses!' And he said, `Here I am. "'
Exodus 3:4
SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU?
Read It: Exodus 2:23-3:4; Hebrews 11:25 The Bible says Moses chose God and His people over Pharaoh and his family who were symbolic of the world. That's how Moses settled the conflict of faith. How do you know whether you've chosen the world or God? One answer is the treatment you got with your choice. It cost Moses "ill-treatment" to identify with Israel. He knew that when he became publicly identified as a Jew, the Egyptians were going to treat him like they treated all other Jews-as a despised slave and outcast. Let me say something straight to you today. If no one ever puts you down because you are a Christian, if no one ever calls you a fanatic, if no one ever says to you, "You're crazy. You're carrying this stuff too far," you are still living in Egypt. You haven't faced the conflict of faith. See, once you reject Egypt, they are going to know something is wrong with you. You will become identified with this group of people called Christians, who are believed to be on the lunatic fringe of acceptable society. Now when you're a prince, certain pleasures are always available to you. So one of the things Moses had to decide was whether he wanted to endure ill-treatment with God's people more than he wanted to dip into the passing pleasures of sin. This phrase at the end of verse 25 says two important things about sin. First, it says sin is fun. Sin has to be fun, or no one would do it. In fact, the more sinful people can make it, the more fun it seems to be. But sin's fun is short. It's "passing." And the sting lasts a long time. Every day we have to choose between the momentary pleasures of sin and lasting joy with God.
Doesn't sound like much of a choice when you put it that way. But some of us are still sitting on the fence. We want hell and heaven. We want God and Satan to work us a split deal. But God will not do it (James 4:4). How goes the battle with you today when it comes to the conflict of faith? Think About It When you stop identifying with the world, you are going to receive some level of rejection from the world.
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