The CHALLENGE OF GOD's CALL-II—Exodus 3:1-22
Assistance/Availability/Discovering/Significance
Attention:
Dec. 30, 2014 the U.S. Dept. Of Energy began offering a standing $1million prize—‘H2 refuel H-Prize’—to that entity or person who could come up with a plan to make fuel cell(for electric cars) refueling economically feasible, faster & nationally available.
Fuel cells convert Hydrogen into Electricity, releasing only water, & heat as waste products.
They are contemplating that individuals should be able to make their own fuel & not have to worry about distance refueling.
It is a true challenge for scientists etc.
Likewise God’s people have a challenge before them in accepting God’s call. It is just as tenuous & even more so than the H2 Refuel challenge.
Exodus records the significance of God’s call to Moses.
Answering God’s call presents a significant challenge.
To What does God’s call present a challenge?
16 challenges of/to God’s call.
We found earlier that,
God’s call presents a challenge to...
1. Our OCCUPATION(:1)
2. Our OBSERVATION(:2-3)
3—God’s call presents a challenge to...
Our AVAILABILITY(:4)
Explanation:(:4)Hearing/Sensitivity/Admission/Readiness
:4—“So when the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush & said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” ”
God called “Moses” by name. For Moses there was no question about the fact of God’s “call.” Moses quickly responded to God’s “call” with a statement of surprise & obedience(hnh hin-ney’). Moses does not literally say, “Here I am,” but uses hnh(—Behold, Lo, etc.) as an idiom which translates to “Here I am,” meaning that he was available to the one speaking— ‘Behold/Look/See me, I am here.’
“LORD”—hwhy yeh-ho-vaw'—Jehovah = "the existing One”—1) The proper name of the one true God—1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of ynda Ad-o-noy’. Strong—(the) Self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
“Saw”(See below(“Look”), :2—“Looked”; :3, 6, 7)—har raw-aw'—
“Turned aside”(See :3)—rwo soowr—
“Look”(See above(“Saw”), :2, 6)—har raw-aw'—
“God”(See :1, 6)—Myhla el-o-heeym’—
“Called”—arq kaw-raw' —Qal Imperfect—1) To call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim. Strong—a primitive root [rather identical with arq[To encounter/Befall/Meet] through the idea of accosting a person met]; To call out to(i.e. properly--Address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications).
“Moses”—hvm Mo-sheh'—Moses = “drawn"—1) The prophet & lawgiver, leader of the exodus. from hvm maw-shaw'; a primitive root; To pull out(literally or figuratively); Drawing out(of the water), i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.
“Here I am”(See :9—“Behold”; :13—“Indeed”)—hnh hin-ney’—Demonstrative Particle—1) Behold, lo!, see, if.
Argumentation:
**Isa. 6:1-10—“In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high & lifted up, & the train of His robe filled the temple. Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, & with two he flew. And one cried to another & said: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!” And the posts of the door were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, & the house was filled with smoke. So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The LORD of hosts.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. And he touched my mouth with it, & said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged.” Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” And He said, “Go, & tell this people: ‘Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’ “Make the heart of this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return & be healed.” ”
**Mat. 9:36-38—“But when He[Jesus] saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary & scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”
Lk. 10:1-3—“After these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, & sent them two by two before His face into every city & place where He Himself was about to go. Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. Go your way; behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves.”
Might you be one of those laborers in God’s employ!?
Mat. 24:42-47—“Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched & not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Who then is a faithful & wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.”
**Lk. 1:38—[following the revelation of Gabriel regarding Jesus]—“Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.”
Lk. 12:34, 35—“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Let your waist be girded & your lamps burning;”
**Eph. 6:11-20—“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh & blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, & having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, & having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. And take the helmet of salvation, & the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; praying always with all prayer & supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance & supplication for all the saints-- & for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.”
**Mat. 4:18-22—“And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, & Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, & I will make you fishers of men.” They immediately left their nets & followed Him.” Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, & John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them, & immediately they left the boat & their father, & followed Him.”
?Are you ‘Available’ to do the Lord’s bidding?
Illustration:
911 service/EMTs-Police officers-Sheriff’s deputies-Firemen/Suppose the EMTs are eating lunch at the Marker 30 Restaurant/And suppose someone is run over by a truck across the street at the Express Lane/The EMT’s witness the accident, BUT they are so enjoying their fried mullet sandwich & their oyster sandwich that they continue eating!/In a true emergency we don’t expect any of these to say, ‘It’s not my job’ or ‘Sorry but I’m on lunch break,’ & continue unabated/Our AVAILABILITY
Application:
?God’s call present a challenge to Your AVAILABILITY?
?When is the last time your AVAILABILITY mirrored God’s?
?Has God’s call Challenged you?...Or do you Challenge it?
CONCLUSION:
Visualization:
‘H2 refuel H-Prize’ Challenge.
Action:
God’s call presents a challenge to...
3. Our AVAILABILITY(:4)
1. Our OCCUPATION(:1)
2. Our OBSERVATION(:2-3)
Presented 01/11/2015pm to:
FBC Cbelle
206 Storrs Ave. SE
Carrabelle, FL 32322
