The Lord, the Lord

Give me a pillar or cloud of fire
To lead me night and day,
Through light or darkness in Your way
And lift me to a level higher
Than my own frivolity.

Give me ears to hear Your voice
And lead me to the sea,
Between a sea and an army
To anticipate You and rejoice
As You part for me the path.

Give me a story both great and bold
With a zeal that You stoke,
Combined, to inspire or to provoke,
One that will never grow dull or old
That I engulf and ruminate.

Give me a tale that is glorious
To strike all the hearers,
My superiors and my peers
As exciting or incredulous,
But I, in pure rapture of You.

You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode (Exodus 15:13).

When we read the story of the Exodus, do we know that the God of Moses is our God too? Do we understand that the God that brought the ten plagues to Egypt and Who parted the waters of the Red Sea is the same God Whose Spirit whispers to us each day? Wouldn’t it be nice if God spoke to us face-to-face as a friend like He did with Moses?

Now our stories may not be as Charton Heston worthy, but we have a story being written. Moses’ story didn’t begin very gloriously. His family was enslaved, he was powerless to help them, and when he tried, he became a murderer and a refugee. That was the story of the first third of his life. The second third of his life, he was a modest shepherd and spent most of his time in solitude. It wasn’t until the last third of his life, after his physical prime, and (according to the Bible) past typical life expectancy (Psalm 90:10), that God did all the amazing miracles that we remember Moses for. But God was no less in the first two-thirds of Moses’ life as he was in the last.

What if we feel like our life is waning away and we have nothing to show for it? You may have more to show than you think, and you may have the greatest adventure just around the corner. But is your focus on God’s work or your own?

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