when pulled out, would be lep rous. The act repeated would clean the flesh of the disease, making the hand as new flesh. The third sign was when the water from the river would be turned into blood. With these definite manifestations of truth, the people believed (Exo dus 4:31). It took all three signs to make them see that God was going to take them out of Egypt into Canaan. I wonder what it will take in your life? What do you suppose God will have to put you through so that you will believe that you are nothing and that He is every thing? What is needed to get you to drop to your knees and say, "God, I am all through." In God's economy the way up is the way down. God was going to have to put Israel through a great deal be fore they finally would believe. My own personal testimony is that God allowed me to go through hell and back again to bring me to a point of brokenness. Seventeen years ago, having preached my heart out for five solid years, I simply said, "God, I am through; I am finished. I do not know what to do." Then the Lord broke through! You see, for every prob lem, He already has a victory planned. He tells me so again and again in His Word. Finally, Israel believed. "When they heard that the Lord had visited them, and that He had looked upon their afflic tion, then they bowed their heads and worshipped." May I challenge you once again to drop to your knees and confess, "Lord Jesus, I thank You that You are with me. I unreservedly give to You all that I ever have been and all that I ever will be. I am placing it all and un- Page 23
the Lord Jesus? What has happened to you since then? Has the exuber ance and the excitement begun to dissipate? Jesus Christ is living in you. That means He is not just with us, but in us. He came to be your Lord not just a friend and help in time of need. This is where the rub comes. Most of us do not want anyone else to be Lord over us, not even Jesus Christ. We are will ing to allow Him to be King as long as we retain the right to be Prime Minister. Unless He becomes Lord of your life, you will never know what the Canaan experience is all about. How tragic to spend the rest of your Christian life in the wilderness, wandering around, missing Cod's best. Do not let any body else talk you out of it. Jesus Christ died in order to live through you victo riously. Anything less than that is a cheap imitation of the real thing. Take that important step of faith just now. Moses, like many of us on oc casion, could not believe that God would indeed use him after all his failures. He resorted to all kinds of excuses until finally the anger of the Lord was kindled against him (Exodus 4:14). God said, "Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well . . . He shall be thy spokesman . . . he shall be to thee instead of a mouth." In verse 29 we find Aaron telling all the elders what God had told his brother. Imagine what was happening. Moses and Aaron were explaining the message of deliver ance. If they would not believe they were to cast a serpent on the ground. God was simply giving to Moses some proof that this was indeed His business. A second sign was a hand in the bosom which,
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