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Believe it, God is with you

Do as Moses and keep going, hear God`s call, and answer it.

17/07/2017

By: Bishop Jorge Pinheiro

The people from Israel were slaves in Egypt and God called Moses to release them. In Exodus 3.7, “And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; “. There are moments of great affliction when you may think God doesn`t look at you or you are alone, but God was very clear to Moses that He really saw the affliction of those people in Egypt and heard their claims

We have to cry out for God because through claims, God helps us, so it`s very important. Those claims of the people of Israel made God released them. Devil wants us to be quiet because he knows about it, but Jesus said that, if we don`t cry out, stones will. It`s essential crying out for God

If you tell me what you feel, I will have an idea and I won`t be sure how it is. It might be a disease, pain caused by a betrayal, humiliation, among many evil conditions and situations. God knows our suffering, what we feel, and what we go through At that time, people went to Egypt - it was the center of the world – but God promised a better land. Everything you have, see, and ask for is inferior to what the world provides you and much less to what comes from God, which lasts eternally God separates Israel`s sons. Everyone from all of religions, all kinds of nature wants to be blessed, but those faithful in God conquer this blessing. That`s why we don`t preach religion, instead we talk about faith in God. These sons` clamors get to the Lord. Just God would deliver that nation Moses married to Zipporah, he ran away from Egypt, and his life was simple together with Sinai, so people doubted how he, a simple person, could talk to the pharaoh of Egypt, how he could deliver that nation of Israel. Several times, we ask ourselves how we could do something that seems difficult to us because there are dreams, which seems very distant, and problems we worry about are numerous, impossible to be solved. There are many dreams, but not everyone was born to have them fulfilled. You are aware of the size of your dream as well as your capacity to fulfill them is limited. That`s the way it was with Moses, he saw himself very distant from what he should be and the answer of God was: “I will be with you”. That`s the answer that makes all difference! It doesn`t matter who you are or what conditions you have because if God is with you, it`s done. No one is able to resist against God, He has the control over everything, over silver, gold; He rises, downsizes. If He wants, we die or live through a blow. If God is with you, no matter who crosses your path, He will protect you. It doesn`t matter what you have, but who you are for God. The world judges according to your condition, your resources, your appearance, but Jesus was born in a manger, from a very poor family, never lived in a palace, He was a simple carpenter, walked, and rode a borrowed donkey. However, He is the Savior of the world and divided His history into before and after Christ, and there was no similar one to Him. Jesus did what no powerful authority has ever done or will ever do. When oyu look at your conditions, they are not responsible for your victories, on the other way round, it`s what you are for God, it`s God being with you. That`s what makes all difference. Like the parable of the rich man, instead of asking his servant to call the guests, he did himself, and God is this way too. Your conquest is already prepared. In the parable, many of them didn`t go because they didn`t have time to. The world is this way, the word is preached, the invitation is distributed, many are called, but few are chosen because people value other things more than God`s invitation. We make ourselves chosen. Be aware that things run very fast with God because He never delays, or waste time. Like the rich man, the order to His servant is to hurry up. The Kingdom of Heaven comes to the ones in need because others consider themselves very important, but not the poor ones, or cripple ones, blind people, lame, those who are at the edge or bottomed out. There are so many prepared things in the Kingdom of Heaven that they are surplus. People only thank God when their condition is considered impossible to be solved, but the only solution is to give in to God, to get approached to Him, and be faithful. Most of us came to God because of pain. God wants you here because this party is wonderful. Those, who take part in this party, are aware of how wonderful the supper might be. Moses went there and God was with him. Through God`s Power, Moses delivered that nation from the slavery condition and they went to the land that provided them with milk and honey. Like Moses, you and I need to make efforts. It was necessary to have ten plagues fro those people to be delivered, with efforts, but they were delivered. It doesn`t matter whether the pharaoh is big or not, what matters is what God says. That`s it.