I love those instances when a particular study of scripture springs to life as a very specific message for here and now. This was my sense as I reflected on the early life of Moses in preparation for Sunday's teaching. Many of you have been walking through a Time Between Times. Without a Biblical category for this time; it can leave us feeling as if we somehow missed out on God's plan, like maybe He gave up on us. Discontentment grows, frustration deepens, and confidence wanes. Isn't it curious that at 40 years old Moses believed He was God's man, and when God shows up in a burning bush at 80 years old, Moses responds 'I am not your man'? But guess what... he was. He was God's choice. He had always been God's choice, it just wasn't yet time.
My prayer for each of you is that God would give you the capacity to believe the calling He has invested in you. He has a purpose. He is writing a much larger story and He calls us to fulfill the role He created us for. A time between times is not an indication that the time after will never come, it only means it has not yet arrived. We can never predict when the time between will end, we only know when it has. I was so encouraged by the number of individuals who expressed a similar conviction; "Now is the time." We are truly blessed and God's providential hand is upon us to accomplish His plan. "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint." Isaiah 40:31 It is with eager expectation that I look towards the future and all that God has for his children right here in our Hamlet by the Sea.
