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Meekness, Leadership, and God's Provision in Our Lives
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on Apr 02, 2025
Meekness, Leadership, and God's Provision in Our Lives
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"God comes to them and he says speaking of course to Moses how long will these people despise me? Will they never believe me even after all the miracles I've done among them? I will disinherit them and destroy them with a plague and I will make you into a nation far greater and mightier than they are. And we saw in our last session that in fact as it turned out God did trade a nation of more than 2 million people for just two men Caleb and Joshua because Caleb and Joshua holy followed God and believed him." [03:52:23]
"Moses really wanted to be close to God and he was uniquely close to God, so close to God and so valued by God that God is willing to trade him for that whole nation of people. I think that's arresting. Then of course as you continue to look at the life of Moses it's arresting to realize that Moses doesn't get to go into the Promised Land. In the end God doesn't trade the whole nation just for him. He trades the whole nation for Caleb and Joshua but not for Moses." [05:29:21]
"The record goes something like this: God said to Moses get Aaron's rod and then you and Aaron must summon the people. As they watch, speak to that rock over there and tell it to pour out its water. You will give them water from a rock enough for all the people and their cattle. Then Moses and Aaron summoned the people to come and gather at the rock and Moses said to them listen you rebels must we bring you water from this rock? Then Moses lifted the rod and struck the rock twice and water gushed out and the people and their cattle drank." [06:22:52]
"Because you did not believe me and did not sanctify me in the eyes of the people of Israel, you shall not bring them into the land that I have promised them. Now we refer to this incident as the sin of Moses and isn't it arresting that because this man's sins what looks to us like a little sin, especially when you think of the sins with which he was coping, when you think of all his patience in the wilderness for forty years, what he put up with with these people and here he apparently loses it on this one occasion and God says that's it Moses, you're not going into the Promised Land." [07:20:56]
"First of all God said speak to that rock over there. Well he didn't speak to it, he hit it with the rod twice. That was disobedience. God said speak to it, he struck it not once but twice. He's obviously lost his temper because he says listen you rebels have I got to give you water from this rock? He's obviously angry. Apparently God charges him with this sin. He says you didn't believe me. I'm not sure exactly what that means but he said you did not sanctify me in the eyes of the people." [09:33:11]
"I find it interesting that Moses and Elijah and Job and Jonah and David, a lot of the great men of God in the scripture get so burned out they all pray this same prayer: God kill me, I want to die. If you ever had a death wish, have you ever been so depressed that you wished you could die? I believe this experience happens to many people and I believe it can happen to godly people because in the scripture, in the record, it happens to the greatest people of God who ever lived, so burned out they're praying that God will take their life." [12:41:25]
"Now it's very interesting that God doesn't answer their prayer. Have you ever thanked God for unanswered prayer? And into him Spirit of God descend upon my heart it says teach me the patience of unanswered prayer. I know people that don't like that line because they say there's no such thing as an unanswered prayer. Well I think there is by the grace of God such a thing as unanswered prayer. We don't know what God's will is and so we very often ask for the wrong thing and because God loves us he's not going to answer those prayers when they're not according to his will." [13:28:24]
"Now in the case of Moses he gives him 70 men to help him. He says you think you have to do it all by yourself? Well let me tell you something Moses, this is a team sport and you better get some other team members around you. Get you 70 men and bring them down to the tabernacle and I'm going to take this spirit that I've put upon you and put it also upon them. Just doesn't mean he took it away from Moses, he just means he passed it around, he shared it and he anointed 70 other men." [15:53:36]
"Where did we ever get this idea that God only uses superstar saints, that God does super duper things through super duper people because they're superstar saints? As we said when we looked at the commissioning of Moses, that's a myth, that's not true. God wants to do very extraordinary things through very ordinary people because they're available and I believe what we really need is people who will offer God their availability." [25:45:79]
"Sometimes you have people who are very very short on ability but very long on availability. It seems that those that are short on ability are longer on availability and then sometimes you had people who have very long on ability but very short on availability. They're gifted talented people but you can't get five minutes of their time. Now I believe the important thing is whether we're long on ability or short on ability, the important thing is that we belong on availability in the Christian life." [26:16:82]
"I believe the most important ability is availability. That's what God really wants. If it's true that God is the one who does it and we are not the ones who do it, and that is true, then the most important thing we ever offer God is our availability. I find it arresting in the Book of Numbers to see the greatness of Moses and to see the burnout of Moses and the sin of Moses but then realize that just as God used that little jackass God used Moses because he was available and God will use you and God will use me because we're available." [26:57:50]
"Now the man Moses was very meek more than all men that were on the face of the earth. Perhaps one of the most misunderstood words in the Bible is the word meek. Jesus said blessed are the meek. Now that does not mean blessed are the weak. That does not mean that the milk toast kind of person is especially blessed. That isn't what meek means in the scripture. The word meek means something like tamed. You picture a powerful stallion, a powerful horse. Now when that horse is broken as we call it, when you get a bit in its mouth, a bridle on its head, and a saddle on its back, that horse isn't weak but it's meek." [00:54:57]
"God comes to them and he says speaking of course to Moses how long will these people despise me? Will they never believe me even after all the miracles I've done among them? I will disinherit them and destroy them with a plague and I will make you into a nation far greater and mightier than they are. And we saw in our last session that in fact as it turned out God did trade a nation of more than 2 million people for just two men Caleb and Joshua because Caleb and Joshua holy followed God and believed him." [03:52:23]
"Moses really wanted to be close to God and he was uniquely close to God, so close to God and so valued by God that God is willing to trade him for that whole nation of people. I think that's arresting. Then of course as you continue to look at the life of Moses it's arresting to realize that Moses doesn't get to go into the Promised Land. In the end God doesn't trade the whole nation just for him. He trades the whole nation for Caleb and Joshua but not for Moses." [05:29:21]
"The record goes something like this: God said to Moses get Aaron's rod and then you and Aaron must summon the people. As they watch, speak to that rock over there and tell it to pour out its water. You will give them water from a rock enough for all the people and their cattle. Then Moses and Aaron summoned the people to come and gather at the rock and Moses said to them listen you rebels must we bring you water from this rock? Then Moses lifted the rod and struck the rock twice and water gushed out and the people and their cattle drank." [06:22:52]
"Because you did not believe me and did not sanctify me in the eyes of the people of Israel, you shall not bring them into the land that I have promised them. Now we refer to this incident as the sin of Moses and isn't it arresting that because this man's sins what looks to us like a little sin, especially when you think of the sins with which he was coping, when you think of all his patience in the wilderness for forty years, what he put up with with these people and here he apparently loses it on this one occasion and God says that's it Moses, you're not going into the Promised Land." [07:20:56]
"First of all God said speak to that rock over there. Well he didn't speak to it, he hit it with the rod twice. That was disobedience. God said speak to it, he struck it not once but twice. He's obviously lost his temper because he says listen you rebels have I got to give you water from this rock? He's obviously angry. Apparently God charges him with this sin. He says you didn't believe me. I'm not sure exactly what that means but he said you did not sanctify me in the eyes of the people." [09:33:11]
"I find it interesting that Moses and Elijah and Job and Jonah and David, a lot of the great men of God in the scripture get so burned out they all pray this same prayer: God kill me, I want to die. If you ever had a death wish, have you ever been so depressed that you wished you could die? I believe this experience happens to many people and I believe it can happen to godly people because in the scripture, in the record, it happens to the greatest people of God who ever lived, so burned out they're praying that God will take their life." [12:41:25]
"Now it's very interesting that God doesn't answer their prayer. Have you ever thanked God for unanswered prayer? And into him Spirit of God descend upon my heart it says teach me the patience of unanswered prayer. I know people that don't like that line because they say there's no such thing as an unanswered prayer. Well I think there is by the grace of God such a thing as unanswered prayer. We don't know what God's will is and so we very often ask for the wrong thing and because God loves us he's not going to answer those prayers when they're not according to his will." [13:28:24]
"Now in the case of Moses he gives him 70 men to help him. He says you think you have to do it all by yourself? Well let me tell you something Moses, this is a team sport and you better get some other team members around you. Get you 70 men and bring them down to the tabernacle and I'm going to take this spirit that I've put upon you and put it also upon them. Just doesn't mean he took it away from Moses, he just means he passed it around, he shared it and he anointed 70 other men." [15:53:36]
"Where did we ever get this idea that God only uses superstar saints, that God does super duper things through super duper people because they're superstar saints? As we said when we looked at the commissioning of Moses, that's a myth, that's not true. God wants to do very extraordinary things through very ordinary people because they're available and I believe what we really need is people who will offer God their availability." [25:45:79]
"Sometimes you have people who are very very short on ability but very long on availability. It seems that those that are short on ability are longer on availability and then sometimes you had people who have very long on ability but very short on availability. They're gifted talented people but you can't get five minutes of their time. Now I believe the important thing is whether we're long on ability or short on ability, the important thing is that we belong on availability in the Christian life." [26:16:82]
"I believe the most important ability is availability. That's what God really wants. If it's true that God is the one who does it and we are not the ones who do it, and that is true, then the most important thing we ever offer God is our availability. I find it arresting in the Book of Numbers to see the greatness of Moses and to see the burnout of Moses and the sin of Moses but then realize that just as God used that little jackass God used Moses because he was available and God will use you and God will use me because we're available." [26:57:50]