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I love coaching high school sports.
Every game has the opportunity to turn out different from what you might expect.
No matter how good a team might be, there is always the very good chance that things can go bad.
Always the opportunity for things to play flat…make mistakes…and if the other team is doing well…then.
It’s very possible to lose every week.
One of the most pivotal moments in a game I think is the halftime.
Even when you are winning it is important; but even more important if you are behind.
Come in feeling like a loser…like you have already lost.
Doubting that you can ever come back.
Everyone hanging their head…blaming everyone, even the guys on the bench are blaming the guys who were playing.
The guys playing are blaming the coaches…the assistant coaches are blaming the refs.
But the head coach…he calls everybody together.
The coach has to remind the team of the game plan.
Make corrections as to where the plan has broken down.
Give them clear steps as to how to get back in the game…then send them out with a sense passion…even when they are down by 30
When we left moses in Chapter 5, he was defeated.
when we left moses in Chapter 5, he was defeated.
he had come back to Egypt fired up, ready to set the people free
He went to the people, they said YES they probably had a cheer for him…2 bits 4 bits 6 bits a dollar…all for moses stand up and holler....
But then Pharaoh said…oh yea…this is what I think of your plan Moses…let me just turn the heat up a little bit.
Things definitely didn’t work out the way Moses had anticipated.
I can see this.
I’ve been there.
5 years ago I finished seminary.
I was ready to go to work serving God and His church.
I knew I was called to revitalize the ministry of the church.
To see the church be what God had created and called it for.
We were invited to move to Florida to help a church plant restart.
The members there wanted their church to finally take off.
They loved Jesus, they loved one another.
I thought that their commitment combined with God’s calling on my life would be all it would take.
We were a match made in heaven.
Things didn’t work out.
IN fact things got worse than we could have ever imagined.
We both probably spent quite a bit of time blaming others, but since the church is God’s idea, His passion and plan, I suppose God had more to teach both the church and me.
But God had more to teach both the church and me.
We needed to be reminded that we can’t do everything....we needed to be reminded that Following Jesus was the only way to BE the church, we needed to remember that Loving and obeying God was the point of the church that God had created us to have.
We needed to understand that God was responsible for the church, so we better listen to what he tells us to do…no matter the outcomes.
For several weeks we all were a bit depressed.
It was then that I began to notice my tendency to put more trust in the outcomes I thought I deserved than in Jesus as the one who made those outcomes possible.
That was the source of my doubts.
It also explains why it’s hard to DOUBT OUR DOUBTS.
Moses wondering not just why things didn't’ work out, but whey they got worse so he prays to God …what am I doing here…did i misunderstand?
Trusting in outcomes more than Jesus.
I have been there.
Have you?
Have you ever done what you thought God was calling you to only for it to not work out as it was supposed to?
You felt God telling you that he would be healed…but then he wasn’t.
You knew the relationship could be restored, but then they gave up and left.
Pain
Financial Loss
It’s true that doubts in our abilities can cause us to work more deliberately, you know...study more, pray harder, listen more intently.
Self doubt at it’s best can help us, but usually it only makes us hesitant to give our best.
Self doubt at it’s best can actually help us.
Self doubt gets worse when leads to doubting God?
Think about it…if we can’t…and God can’t, then what hope do we have?
That’s exactly what we see here in the text today.
You see, it wasn’t just that Moses desired outcomes didn’t pan out…but actually things got worse.
People probably died because of Moses conversation with Pharaoh, so he prays to God …what am I doing here…did i misunderstand?
wondering not just why things didn't work out, but why they got worse so he prays to God …what am I doing here…did i misunderstand?
Moses had gone from doubting himself to doubting God.
For Moses, he knew he couldn’t convince Pharaoh, and now it looked like God couldn’t either.
For Moses, he knew he couldn’t convince Pharaoh, and now it looked like God couldn’t either.
Hardship can do that.
Sometimes in hard times, we might
Hear how the word of the Lord:
Did you hear that.
Not only did Moses doubt God, but so did the people.
Because of the hardship that Pharaoh had put on the people, they didn’t believe God or Moses were going to deliver them.
Hardship can do that.
Some people, in hard times, realize that God was the only thing they have left; hardship actually moves them toward God.
for many others though, hardship does just the opposite.
It sends them away from God.
Perhaps you know someone who’s loved one died way too early.
Or were the victim of crime or some tragic act of nature.
This is what happens to the Israelites, after years and years of hardship, and now, even more oppressive slavery, the people just gave up.
They don’t want anything more to do with Moses and his God.
They don’t want anything more to do with Moses and his God.
So, either you have been in a place where God didn’t seem to show up as expected…or maybe you are just tired of trying to do the right thing.
Tired of the fight.
It’s understandable that folks in these situations might doubt that they matter to God - leading to their losing faith.
Because their hope was resting in their desired outcomes more than in God.
We may not get the outcomes we are expecting, but our faith is in God not the outcomes we seek.
So how do we trust God when things look ripe for doubt?
Something that you probably didn’t notice.
I didn’t the first few times I read it.
God referred to himself in two very different ways in his response to Moses.
How are we to respond when we sense doubts rising up in us?
ReallySomething that you probably didn’t notice.
I didn’t the first few times I read it.
God referred to himself in two very different ways in his response to Moses.
That’s where God’s halftime speech to Moses came into play.
Something that you probably didn’t notice.
I didn’t the first few times I read it.
God referred to himself in two very different ways in his response to Moses.
First, God calls himself
First reiterated his promise, verse 2 through 8, God begins and ends by using his name.
This is the first time he had told Moses this.
Yahweh
LORD - Yahweh
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