Saturday, October 18, 2014

Do you know why you are in the circumstances you are? What is God preparing you to do? Acts 7-8

Acts 7:22
" Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds."

Moses was brought into the world of the Egyptians at a very young age ... as an infant.  He was then educated in their ways.   That might not have been his parent's choice, but it was Gods.   God was raising him up to deliver His people and Moses knowing the ways of the Egyptians would be a huge advantage to Moses (he would later spend 40 years away from Egypt to learn about the land God would bring the nation into).   God puts people in the places they need to be to train them and use them appropriately.   Note the same pattern with the following:

Daniel was trained in the ways of Babylon:

Daniel 1:4
" ... youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king’s court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans."

Easter was taught and influenced on how to act and look before she was displayed in front of the king:

Esther 2:8-9
"So it came about when the command and decree of the king were heard and many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king’s palace into the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women. Now the young lady pleased him and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and food, gave her seven choice maids from the king’s palace and transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem."

Joseph was educated in the ways of Egypt, like Moses.   Paul was actually educated in the ways of the Greeks (See Acts 17).   God provides the training He wants for the people He needs.   You can be assured that if He is providing training it is for the accomplishment of His plan in your life, but in the larger plan of what He has designed for the lives of others.    Steven is giving this first and only sermon.   When he is done preaching, he will be stoned to death.  Paul will be watching on the sidelines, actually holding the coats of those throwing the stones.   Stephens ministry was short.   Moses long and hard.   But, for each it was designed by God and used for God.  

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