Divine Vision Unfolding

“Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase,” says Job 8:7. After Joseph died, a Pharaoh rose up and tried to afflict the children of Israel. As a ruler, all his vision for the children of Israel was giving them a lower life as slaves. What was God's vision for them? God raised Moses, made Pharaoh's daughter to eradicate Pharaoh’s plans with his own hand. Isn't it true and incredibly real when God says, no weapon formed against these shall prosper? Pharaohs around us can have their own plans to put an end to our growth. But God, without their knowledge, works through them to bring us salvation. Literally, Pharaoh raised his own enemy and the leader of God's army. Pharaoh made him learn the Egyptian art of fighting. He wanted a slave but unknowingly raised a prince.

Moses fled and was in his uncle Jethro's house. God intervened in the normal life of Moses in an extraordinary way and caught his attention toward His greater plan. When Moses struggled to believe the calling in him, God was envisioning him leading the people out of Israel. Verse 12 says, “And He said, ‘I will certainly be with you, and this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.’” Immediately, we see Moses speaking all of his negative points. Still, as readers or believers, we know the ending. Till today, we see a great nation, Israel, before our eyes.

Hey friend, the vision we have for our future, our calling, our family, and our career can never be compared to what God has envisioned for us. When we struggle to find a breakthrough, He is envisioning us giving a breakthrough to many; in Moses' case, it was for the whole nation.

Hey friend, are we having a challenging situation in our family? Can we ask God for a heart that trusts Him like a child? Like Abraham, a heart that believed the blessing of a nation coming through him? For our understanding, we may see the blocks, the reasons before us saying that God can, but maybe not through me. No, dear reader, when God chose Moses, it was him only. He is able to finish what He started in us as in Philippians 1:6: “There has never been the slightest doubt in my mind that the God who started this great work in you would keep at it and bring it to a flourishing finish on the very day Christ Jesus appears.”

Dear God, thank you for the vision you have for us, thank you for the hope you have for us. When we see ourselves as slaves, you see us as a thriving nation that you can use to do mighty wonders in the world. Strengthen our faith, dear Lord, we believe everything in our life has a wonderful ending in your hands. Thank you, Lord, for your plans and visions. We trust and commit ourselves to you, Father. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.