Do not bury your talents and gifts, no matter how insignificant they may appear to you. God has entrusted them to you for His purposes. Consecrate them to God and begin to exercise them for His glory. God loves to bring breakthroughs through the weak and helpless. The world waited to see what God could do through an insignificant rod.
1 Corinthians 1:25-29 says: “The foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For ye see your calling brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath Go chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to naught things that are: That no flesh should glory in his presence.”
Just wait and see what God can do with your gifts that He has placed in your hands to bring great breakthroughs. Moses had to let God use his rod so that the miracles could happen. While he used his rod with the wild animals that would attack his flock of sheep out in the desert he was limiting the power of God. God had more in store for Moses’ rod.
The rod of Moses was used to . . .
DEMONSTRATE A MIRACLE
Exodus 7:9: God said to Moses: “When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent.”
BECOME A SERPENT THAT DEVOURED ALL OTHER SERPENTS
12 Exodes 7:10: “Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and his servants, and it became a serpent . . . but Aaron’s rod swallowed up their rods.”
This gospel-hardened, unbelieving world needs witnesses for Christ who demonstrate the miraculous. If it was good enough for Jesus to preach the gospel with miracles to confirm it, why shouldn’t His present-day followers do the same?
TURN THE WATERS NILE TO BLOOD
Exodus 7:17-21: “And the LORD SPAKE UNTO Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and vessels of stone. And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants, and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.”
BRING FORTH A PLAGUE OF FROGS
Exodus 8:1-6: “And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt: and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt.”
The Nile River swarmed with frogs. They came into their homes, into their bedrooms and even their beds! They jumped into their ovens and their bowls when kneading their bread! They filled the land and jumped all over the people. Can you imagine it? And all because Aaron stretched out his hand with the rod.
COVER THE LAND WITH LICE
Exodus 8:16,17: “And the LORD said unto Moses, say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt.”
The magicians of Egypt could no longer perform any miracles. They had to confess: ”This is the finger of God” (v. 9).
To be continued.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell