Are You Sold Out For God?

Deuteronomy 34:7 (NKJV) Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished.

Consider these final words describing Moses' life: "But since then there has not arisen a prophet like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face" (Deuteronomy 34:10).

As you survey the life of Moses, you wouldn't think it would end this way. He started out a little rocky in his early years, which were filled with mistakes. He spent the first 40 years of his life building a sense of self-confidence that eventually led him to taking things into his own hands and killing an Egyptian. The next 40 years of his life were lived in relative obscurity, caring for and tending sheep. It was during that time that Moses learned how God desires selflessness, not selfishness. And, when the time came, God called Moses to use him to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt, up to the border of the promised land.

In totality, the last 40 years of Moses life were incredibly fruitful. He didn't slow down. Earlier in Deuteronomy 34, it says that "Moses was 120 years old and his eyes were not dim nor his natural vigor diminished." He was older, but a young man at heart toward his God!

I want to live the last 40 years of my life sold out for God. Since I don't know when the last 40 years of my life will be over, I've translated that desire to totally living for Him today!

My hope is that you will sell out for God today, too. Imagine the things you will be used to do in His name, for His glory, in His will!

Through His Mercy,
Pastor Ed


Response
I don't know what to write you really, but I feel something should be said about how I feel towards the Church. My first deployment to Iraq led me to believe in something more than what explanation can provide. Then, I started reading the Bible while I was over here (I continued off and on when I returned). However, Calvary provided my wife with assistance with home repairs and the people that she could talk to while I was away. I'm not really a talkative guy or public, I tend to stay downstairs and watch the video. I feel more relaxed down there and I enjoy the fact that the message is relatively informing and enlightening. I'm hoping to pull my daughter (who is now 3yrs old) to a baptism with me (if I get the nerve). We didn't do the baby dedication cause as I said before I tend to hide back and I really wish we would have found a way to get her a blessing or dedication privately. I feel (as stupidly as it sounds) like I failed in some small part to do that for her right after her birth. Well, now that I see I am just rambling I would like to say I'm reading my Bible again, still in the old testament just finished Ezra. I find things a little more peaceful after I've read a chapter. However, I just wanted to write this because I find it amazing that how with very little pressure or pushing for some reason our Church not only got me to want to get a Bible, but to actually start reading it to and shocking enough (if you knew my wife she would tell you) occasionally I say "God Bless you" to fellow soldiers as they leave for their way home or tell them "God has watched over my family in these tough times." It feels that slowly but without doubt something is changing in my life and I was drawn or led to it because of my wife and the Church. I truly believe the congregation or fellowship I guess you could say can find peace with the happiness and peace we give one another. Again rambling I will stop now, but thanks for the guidance, the friends and the Church I'm glad my wife found it.