God said, "I've taken a good, long look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down to help them, pry them loose from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
"The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians. It's time for you to go back: I'm sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt."
Moses answered God, "But why me? What makes you think that I could ever go to Pharaoh and lead the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
"I'll be with you," God said. "And this will be the proof that I am the one who sent you: When you have brought my people out of Egypt, you will worship God right here at this very mountain."
Then Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the People of Israel and I tell them, 'The God of your fathers sent me to you'; and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What do I tell them?"
God said to Moses, "I-AM-WHO-I-AM. Tell the People of Israel, 'I-AM sent me to you.'"
It's funny how Moses began making excuses when God instructed him to go do something, it's a good thing none of us are like that huh? We will talk about Moses and his excuses another day. Today I want to focus on a key ingredient...thee main ingredient when it comes to being deployed, and that is knowing who sent you! As Christians we are "commissioned" to go out into ALL the World and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We have been sent out by Thee Highest Authority there is! Sometimes we lose sight of this very important truth. When you know who sent you it makes all the difference in the World, even when things look bad you stay the course because you know who has your back! When I Am sends ya, there is NOTHING or NO ONE who can stop you... PERIOD!
Today's Challenge: Conduct a Self Examination, are you progressing and moving forward, or have you let worries, concerns and other things stop you or slow you down? Remember who sent ya! Get up and Get Movin and when people or things try to oppose you...just run right over em all while yellin "I AM Sent Me!!! Ya Heard!
Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town. There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich. He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.
When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.” Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy. But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled. Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!” Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.” -Luke 19:1-9
There is something about having an encounter with the Christ! I'm not talking about just seeing Him in action, I'm talking about a real personal encounter... an interaction with Him! When you have one of these types of encounters your life is never the same. That was the case with Zaccheus, the Tax Collector. This interaction/encounter with the Christ caused dude to openly repent... but he didn't stop there, no he vowed to give half of his possessions to the poor and to give back any money he had wrongfully taken with interest...that my friend is "walkin it like ya changed!" He wasn't the only one, remember ya boy Paul, the dude who wrote a large portion of the New Testament? Well before he was Paul he was known as Saul, a hardcore OG bent on terrorizing the saints and the funny thing was that he thought he was doing God's work. One day on his way to terrorize some folks He had a face to face encounter with The Christ and from that point on he wasn't the same cat! He began also began "walkin like he changed!"
How about you? Have you had an encounter with The Christ? If so are you "Walkin It Like Ya Changed or are you trying to walk with one foot stuck in the grave? Your challenge: Let Christ complete His work in you...scriptures says that those of us who are in Christ are NEW creations...stop trying to hold on to that old guy and start "Walkin Like Ya Changed!" Ya Heard!
Fedel - Walk It Like I'm Changed Official Video
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