The Call to Commitment

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. Heb. 11:27

In making Moses into a man of God, God prepared him for over eighty years. He has worked with Moses through the steps of Protection, Education, and Confrontation. Next comes the crucial step in Moses life I call Secluded Isolation.

Here was a man raised in a royal palace, given special privileges, treated with respect and preference. He thought he was somebody. He had a B.S. degree, a Be Somebody degree. This was one reason he had taken matters into his own hands and killed an Egyptian. Now, he has to run for his own life and hide from the police. For the next 40 years he lives as a fugitive in the land of Midian. His job-leading sheep.

It was here, on the backside of a desert, that God prepares Moses for the work He had been preparing for him. In seclusion, in isolation, Moses earned his B.N. degree,a Be Nobody. God was using this time to get the 'self' out of Moses life, bringing him to realize all he needed was God.

He will do the same in all of us. Do not be afraid of sickness, job loss, or any circumstance in life that causes you to be alone and quiet. God is using that time to teach you things you will need for the next step in the journey.

That next step, the final step for Moses to take so that God would use him to glorify Himself, was the step I am preaching on today. It is the step of Commitment, where we are willing to do anything, go anywhere, at any time, at any cost.

Which step are you at in this matter of God making you into the person He wants you to be?