In earlier posts I described how prayer is so much more than us just telling God what we want. Prayer should be a conversation with God, and as such we should give Him time to speak. But when you let God speak, you should be prepared as He might ask you to do something. That’s when prayer becomes a chance for God to reveal a very important aspect of your relationship with Him. That’s when prayer becomes a chance for God to reveal your calling.
In Moses’ case the calling is
described in verse 10 where God tells him that he is being sent to Pharoah.
Once back in Egypt, Moses’ job was to bring the people of Israel out. In other
words, Moses was being sent to serve as God’s answer to the people crying out
to God (praying) as He described in verse 9. This was God’s calling upon Moses’
life and it became the legacy by which we know Moses today. All of it started
first with the prayer of the people of Israel crying out to God and then with
the conversation (the prayer) between Moses and God.
Up to this point Moses has only
said one thing, “Here I am.” The rest of the conversation is God revealing His
plans. The dictionary definition of prayer does not seem to leave room for this
sort of interaction. Does your prayer life leave room? Do you hold two-way
conversations with God that allow for your prayers to become a chance for God
to reveal your calling?
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