Big Things for the Kingdom

At that time the Lord said to me, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden chest. I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the chest." So I made the ark out of acacia wood and chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. The Lord wrote on these tablets what he had written before, the Ten Commandments he had proclaimed to you on the mountain, out of the fire, on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me. --Deuteronomy 10:1-4

When we make ourselves open to His leading, God uses us to do great things for His kingdom. Moses had a friendship with God (Exodus 33:11). He knew God's word well and he communicated with God regularly via prayer. In response to Moses' faithfulness to God, God communicated regularly with Moses as well. He knew from Moses' actions that Moses had a heart for God and for God's kingdom. Because Moses loved God, knew God from His word, and maintained a strong relationship with God through regular communication (prayer), God used Moses in amazing ways. God knew He could trust Moses with a high calling because Moses trusted God so much. God called Moses to lead the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and into their promised land. Moses could have questioned God when God told him to hold up his staff and the Red Sea would part. He could have chosen to act in fear instead of faith. He could have turned back to the Egyptians rather than try to cross the sea. Fortunately for his people, he choose faith. Later in the journey, God called Moses onto a mountaintop where Moses met with God and God handed him the ten commandments. Moses could have questioned God when God called him into a cloud on the top of a mountain. He could have acted in fear and chosen to stay with his people rather than climbing an unknown moutain to meet with God. But Moses chose to trust the God he knew so well. Imagine what he would have missed if he had not acted in trust! I certainly believe God's kingdom would still be furthered, but He would have picked someone else to do these huge kingdom tasks. If Moses had not been so open to God's leading, Moses would have missed opportunties to see God act powerfully. God wants to use each of us to do things for His kingdom that we cannot even imagine. God wants to show each of us His power. Like Moses, we can be part of something much grander than our own schemes if we are open to God's leading and willing to step out on faith. First, we must get to know God through His word and regular communication via prayer just like Moses did so that we can better recognize God's voice. When we're open, God will do His part of calling us and our part will be to follow and watch Him act through us and around us.