Moses--The Fear Of Failure Series

B. So I want to ask you this morning what is God calling you to do?

a. He may not be calling you to task equal in proportion to Moses’, but He is still calling you to do something.

NOTE: He probably won’t appear to you in a burning bush, or speak to you audibly. So how do you know it’s God calling you and your overly sensitive conscience or even the devil? Well there are two questions you can ask yourself.

1. Is the call you feel consistent with God’s word? God would never call you to do something outside of his biblical commands. He would never ask you to divorce your mate, steal from another, or lie, or neglect your family. His call is always consistent with the Bible.

2. Secondly, is that call confirmed by Godly people who know you well?

b. But God is calling you to something.

EX: Maybe it’s to adopt a child from out of the country, to give them a hope, and a life, and to raise them up in a Godly environment so that one day they will know Christ and could lead others to Him.

ILL: I HAD LUNCH THIS PAST WEEK WITH A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS A MISSIONARY IN POLAND, AND HE JUST RECENTLY GOT BACK FROM A 3 WEEK TRAINING SESSION IN COLORADO WHERE HE TOLD ME OF A COUPLE THAT HE HAD MET WHO HAD 22 CHILDREN. 4 OF THEM WERE BIOLOGICALLY THEIR OWN, AND THEY HAD ADOPTED 18 MORE, AND ALL 18 HAD DOWNS SYNDROME.

c. That is incredible, and you know what God could be calling some of you to a task similar to that, maybe not to adopt 18 Downs Syndrome children, but maybe one or two healthy children from the Ukraine or from China.

d. I cannot help but wonder what this world would be like if Christians took the call of God in their life seriously and began to act in humble obedience to whatever task it is that God is calling them to, I mean imagine what this world could become, if we just were a little more sensitive to what our lives are about.

e. Our lives are not about us, they are about serving God. Our lives are not about us being happy and living in this bubble world where we never get out of our comfort zone. A life that is all about us and our security and comfort is not the victorious New Testament Christian life has called us too.

f. Our lives are for sacrifice to what ever God wants, whenever God calls us to do it.

EX: Maybe God is calling you to go on a short-term mission trip. Perhaps you have never extended your life beyond the boundaries of the Ohio River, to see the other parts of the world that God is doing great works in and contribute in that work for a short period of time.

g. Friends’ Mission trips will enrich your life like you would never believe, if for nothing else they will teach you to be more thankful to God for what you have, than ever before and teach you new and exciting ways of creatively expressing your appreciation for what God has done for you.

EX: Or maybe God is calling you to get married or to confront a sin in your life that you know has been there for far too long. You know it is God’s will for you to confess it to Him and repent of it, but your pride and your love of that sin will not allow you to do it.