Tsiyon Messianic Radio Newsletter - Vol 18.05 - 11/14/6022
TAM - 02/05/2023 AD
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From Eliyahu
Consider this:
In the book of Exodus we meet the Hebrew baby
who would become Moses (Heb. Moshe), drawn out of the water (Moses
means drawn out), miraculously saved, to grow into manhood in the
court of Pharaoh. At 40 years of age he made an attempt to save his Hebrew
people from the bondage they were suffering in Egypt - only to fail
miserably, running for his life to try to find a new life in the wilderness
of Midian. For the next forty years Moses had lots of time to ponder his
failures, as he lived out the isolated life of an obscure shepherd on the
slopes of Horeb. At 80, though still strong, he likely shared the normal
expectations of a person in the waning years of his life. Certainly, he was
long past seeing himself as any sort of help to the Hebrews in Egypt. Even
when he met YHWH at the burning bush he could not see himself taking up the
call:
Moses said to Elohim, “Who am I, that I
should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out
of Egypt?” Exodus 3:11
The truth is, Moses could not see himself in
the role YHWH was proposing, and even any concern he still may of had for
his Hebrew brethren in Egypt was not enough to overcome the reluctance of
Moses. If it had not been for the fact that YHWH simply would not take 'no'
for an answer, none of us would have ever heard of Moses. Yet, at 80 years
of age Moses was thrust into a role he didn't want, by a God he didn't know.
This does not look like the start one would
expect from the man who would go on to become Moses, the powerhouse of
Divine Energy and Victory, we find in Devarim (Heb. Words), better
known to many as Deuteronomy (Gr. Second Law). Here, as Moses nears
the day of his death at 120 years of age, we find an entirely different
Moses than the reluctant prophet at 80 years. Instead, at 120, we find a man
of unexcelled love, faith, truth, power and victory, upon which a victorious
nation of Israel had been built. |
 
Deuteronomy is a
Second Torah, and perhaps a more spiritual Torah, benefiting from the 40
years of experience Moses had enjoyed walking closely with YHWH, speaking
with Him face to face, becoming the wise and faithful man of YHWH that
Elohim always knew he could and would become. Moses had fulfilled the
promise of his name, having been "drawn out" by YHWH into the fullness of
his true self. In Deuteronomy we receive this spiritual essence that had
been infused into Moses over the duration of an extraordinary 40 years of
communion with the Eternal One.
Let us learn from this.
Do not allow yourself to be limited by your own narrow perspective of who
you are meant to be. As with Moses, YHWH knows you better. He knows who you
can become in Him. Take the risk. Don't hold back because of age or any
other perceived limitations. Stretch out beyond your own perceived limits to
find His limits for your life (Maybe there aren't any!). If you do, you will
likely find His place for you is far beyond what you could have ever
imagined for yourself.
As Moses approached his
120th birthday, Moses had risen to become his highest self. Not only was he
the leader of Israel - he himself had grown into the very model of what
Israel was meant to be: Jeshurun, the ideal Israel. If you ever aspire to be
something more than you are - If you still believe YHWH has more for you,
more growth, more wisdom, more love, more truth, and more of His will - then
you need Deuteronomy. You need it for the very reason the flesh man hates
it, and why dead religion has thrown it away.
Deuteronomy can wake you
up, call you out, challenge your choices, make you very uncomfortable - and
push you forward on the narrow way of life. Most prefer a far more cushy
message. You can do what most believers do (ignore Deuteronomy) because the
realities it insists upon are not exactly easy to deal with. Do so at your
own peril, because what we are facing in the world today demands much more
than the cushy, feel-good, go-to-sleep lullaby that brings in the bucks for
the mega-churches. If ever there was a time we needed the hard-truth message
of Deuteronomy, this is the time.
Tonight we are
considering Moses' Grand Finale. This is awesome stuff, and you are
invited to join us as we unpack the big finish of Moses' life. Our Tsiyon
meeting will be
at Tsiyon.Net
at 8 PM, CST tonight. Come and be abundantly blessed through Moses, the
faithful servant of YHWH.
Blessings and good health to you,
Eliyahu
Tsiyon.Org
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