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THE SUNNY SIDE OF LIFE
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Lesson for July 18
L E S S O N T E X T — E x o d u s 3:13-16; 4:10-16;
6 :1 .
G O L D E N T E X T — T h e L ord w ill g iv e
s t r e n g t h u n to h is p e o p le .— P s a lm 29:11.
P R IM A R Y
T O P IC — W h en
M oses
W as
A fr a id .
J U N I O R T O P IC — M o s e s M a d e A m b a s s a
d o r.
I N T E R M E D I A T E A N D S E N IO R T O P IC —
G o d S ta n d s b y H is W o rk er s.
Y O U N G P E O P L E A N D A D U L T T O P IC —
S tr o n g In t h e S tr e n g th o f G od .
Never in a hurry! Who? God.
He needed a hum an leader to bring
his chosen people up out of the
bondage of Egypt and he spent 80
y ears getting him ready—40 years
learning all the wisdom of Egypt,
and 40 years learning the lessons of
God, patience and humility, on the
back side of the desert.
Infinite and omnipotent is God,
and he m ay move with faster-than-
lightning speed. But usually we find
him working out his blessed pur
poses, norm ally, quietly, but always
“ on tim e .”
Our lesson brings before us the
m eeting with God which preceded
the appearance of Moses as the
head of the nation of Israel in its
m ighty conflict with Pharaoh. We
find him first proceeding with com
m endable care but then going on in
unfortunate hum ility which am ount
ed .alm ost to unbelief and which re
sulted in the substitution of his
brother Aaron as hi3 spokesm an,
but eventually we do see him going
about his difficult task with resolu
tion and courage.
I. Justifiable Caution (Exod. 3:13-
16).
N either God nor m an d are entru st
a high and difficult commission to
a foolish m an who brusquely
“ rushes in where angels fear to
tre a d .” The fact th a t one feels
fully and unhesitatingly qualified to
take over such a responsibility is
alm ost a certain indication th a t he
is not the m an to assum e it.
The am bassador m ust have cre
dentials. God’s representative has
them . When “ they shall sa y ”—w hat
an im portant and difficult situation
th a t creates. The one who speaks
for God m ust expect not only the
scornful bitterness of God’s en
em ies, but also the unbelieving
questions of those he seeks to serve.
“ W hat shall I sa y ? ” asks Moses,
and God answ ers th a t he m ay say
th a t " I AM” had sent him. This
nam e of God reveals him as the
eternal, independent, self-sufficient,
self-existent, im m utable, personal
being. Consider, C hristian brethren,
whose we are and whom we serve.
H ere indeed is “ inspiration in ex
cess of duty,” real equipm ent for
C hristian life and service.
But Moses seem s to be unable to
see beyond his own hum an infirmity
even in the light of such a glorious
revelation, supplem ented as it was
by m iraculous powers, and we find
him showing an
II. Unjustified Humility (Exod. 4
10-12).
When God calls a m an he knows
his lim itations—why then should one
plead them as an excuse for not
serving?
The excuse of Moses
th a t he w as not a fluent speaker has
been the stand-by of unwilling work
ers all through the ages. When asked
to lead a p ray er m eeting, teach a
Sunday School class, conduct a
young people’s m eeting, thousands
have lam ely thus excused them
selves and m issed a blessing.
The perfect answ er of God in v .ll
m erits attention. God m ade your
mouth and mine, He gives us the
power of speech. He asks not the
eloquence of polished rhetorical pe
riods, or the flights of m an ’s im ag
ination. He w ants but the incom
parable eloquence of his own words
on our lips. Dr. Richard Ellsworth
Day in “ Bush Aglow” rightly points
out th a t this was the secret of the
power of D. L. Moody.
III.
U nnecessary
Substitution
(Exod. 4:13-16).
Loving and patient is our God,
hut th ere is a boundary line to th at
patience. Moses went too fa r in his
hum ility and reflected on the ability
of God, who prom ptly substituted
Aaron as the spokesman.
G racious was He in thus provid
ing a helper for Moses. But one
wonders w hat Moses m issed of
blessing and power because of his
slowness of heart.
IV. "And A fterw ard” (Exod. 5:1).
Commissioned, bearing creden
tials from the infinite and eternal
“ I AM,” and with a strong and elo
quent brother by his side, Moses
stands before P haraoh to say in
God’s nam e, “ Let m y people go.”
P rep aratio n and the holy privilege
of fellowship with God a re to m ake
us ready for service. While it is
folly to go unprepared, it is double
folly to p repare and then fail to go
when God com m ands.
M o rn in g and E v e n in g P r a y e r
It is well to let p ray er be the
first em ploym ent in the morning
and the last in the evening.—M
Luther.
As He Sees Us
As we come to know ourselves
through and through, we come to
see ourselves m ore as God sees us.
T h e C o u n te rs o f W is e M e n
Words are the counters of wise
m en, and the money of fools.—
H o b b e s.
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rich old man to his friend’s wife.
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m e to tell a certain woman whom 1
should like to m arry that I am
fifty?”
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thought your prospects of getting her
would be better it you told her you
w ere seventh-five!” — Washington
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last night.”
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