Exodus 3:1-12a
(Use the link below to read the verses.)
What
were your expectations for 2016? Whatever they may have been, no doubt you had
some things happen that you didn’t expect. For me, one such event was meeting
Tim.
The
week before Christmas, during my lunch hour when I was trying to get home for a
quick visit, I noticed that my car wasn’t handling properly. Upon inspection, it
was apparent that the left front tire was almost flat. I drove to a nearby gas
station only to find out that their air pump was out of order.
Frustrated
and angry, I attempted to change the tire. After some time with little success,
and with my head buried in the trunk as I struggled to pull the jack out,
someone asked, “Do you need some help”? It was Tim.
For
me, it was like an angel had been sent. During the course of changing my tire, Tim
told me that he was homeless, but that the Lord was with him. When he had
finished the job, I insisted on paying him even though he declined at first.
That
“chance meeting” with Tim was an unexpected opportunity, for him and for me, to
help someone in need and to share the love of Christ. It helped me to be aware
that “chance meetings” aren’t always by chance. In fact, God is in control and
He can bring someone into my life in any circumstance; even a flat tire.
When
Moses went up on Horeb, the mountain of God, he wasn’t expecting to find a
burning bush, let alone one that God would use to communicate through to him.
Was this unexpected event a “chance meeting” with God? I don’t think so.
God
called Moses to lead His people out of Egypt. Moses was God’s chosen leader for
this job; an unwilling one, but the one God chose through this “chance meeting”.
Despite all the excuses that Moses came up with, it all boiled down to this
statement that God made:
“I will be
with you”.
That’s
an important lesson for you and me to learn and to remember during 2017. No
matter what our expectations are, God will have some “chance meetings” planned
for us. The questions is, will we be ready for them? Tim was.
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