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    What Is That In Your Hand?
    What Is That In Your Hand?
    What Is That In Your Hand?
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    What Is That In Your Hand?

    By F. Wayne Mac Leod

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    Moses was a man like you and I but God used him in a powerful way. Throughout his life God was preparing him for the task to which He had been called. When the time was right, God thrust him out into ministry.

    He returned to Egypt with his family and a simple shepherd`s staff. In the hands of God, however, little becomes much and with what God had given him, Moses saw the most powerful nation on earth being humbled at the power of God demonstrated through what God empowered in his life.

    It is my prayer that this study of Exodus 4:1-5 will strengthen, encourage and comfort those who feel, like Moses, inadequate for the calling of God on their lives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherF. Wayne Mac Leod
    Release dateMar 10, 2015
    ISBN9781311056078
    What Is That In Your Hand?
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    F. Wayne Mac Leod

    F. Wayne Mac Leod was born in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada and received his education at Ontario Bible College, University of Waterloo and Ontario Theological Seminary. He was ordained at Hespeler Baptist Church, Cambridge, Ontario in 1991. He and his wife, Diane served as missionaries with the Africa Evangelical Fellowship (now merged with SIM) on the islands of Mauritius and Reunion in the Indian Ocean from 1985-1993 where he was involved in church development and leadership training. He is presently involved in a writing ministry and is a member of Action International Ministries.

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      What Is That In Your Hand? - F. Wayne Mac Leod

      WHAT IS THAT IN YOUR HAND?

      Exodus 4:1-5: The Call of a Reluctant Servant

      F. Wayne Mac Leod

      Light To My Path Book Distribution

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      Copyright © 2012 by F. Wayne Mac Leod

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licences for personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thanks for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise specified are taken from the New International Version of the Bible (Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used with permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. All rights reserved.)

      A Special thanks to the proof readers: Diane Mac Leod, Lee Tuson

      Table of Contents

      Preface

      Chapter 1 - The Cry of God's People

      Chapter 2 - What if they Don't Believe Me

      Chapter 3 - The Lord Did Not Appear to You

      Chapter 4 - What If?

      Chapter 5 - A Staff

      Chapter 6 - Throw it on the Ground

      Chapter 7 - It Became a Snake

      Chapter 8 - Moses Is Afraid

      Chapter 9 - So that They May Believe

      Light To My Path Book Distribution

      Preface

      This is a brief study of Exodus 4:1-5. This passage contains a conversation between Moses and God, in which Moses honestly expressed his doubts and insecurities concerning the purpose of God for his life. God, however, had been preparing Moses all along for this special task, and He showed Moses how He would use what He had already given him to accomplish the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the most powerful nation on the earth.

      God has been preparing each of us personally for a special task. No trial, struggle or weakness is wasted. Every gift or experience He has given, when surrendered to Him, is useful for the accomplishing of His will. God has been working in our lives from the time we were born, preparing and training us for this. He has put us in circumstances or places for a reason. He has given us experiences in life to teach us. Each person is uniquely equipped by God for their calling in life.

      In Exodus 4:1-5 we will see how God used an ordinary man with a simple tool to accomplish something he could never have imagined. By surrendering everything to the Lord, Moses saw the impossible accomplished. His story is a challenge to each of us. These few verses contain vital spiritual lessons for ministry today. These simple truths, if applied to our lives, can have a dramatic impact on this world for the cause of our God.

      Take your time in this study to meditate on the lessons God was teaching Moses. Ask God to help you to not only understand but also to apply these lessons to your life and ministry today. My prayer is that the simple truths of these few verses will have a dramatic impact on the life of each reader and ultimately be the means through which His people will step out as Moses did to see the wonderful blessing of God.

      F. Wayne Mac Leod

      Chapter 1 - The Cry of God's People

      As we embark on the study of Exodus 4:1-5 it is important that we understand the context. Let’s take a moment to see what has been happening in the lives of God’s people at this time.

      ISRAEL’S OPPRESSION IN EGYPT

      These were difficult days. The children of Israel were living in Egypt. They had settled there when Joseph was a ruler under Pharaoh. Under his leadership they were treated well and the blessing of God was on them. A new king came to power, however, who did not have the same concern. He saw Israel as a threat and forced them into slavery. We catch a glimpse of the suffering God’s people endured under this new Pharaoh’s reign in Exodus 2:23:

      During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God.

      Notice the use of the word groan (NIV). This leads us to understand that their pain was very intense. They were weary and oppressed to the point that they groaned in agony over the burden they had to bear.

      This oppression, however, did not keep God's people from receiving His blessing. He continued to reveal His presence by increasing their number. This only incited further anxiety on the part of Pharaoh. He increased their workload and demanded that when the Israelite women gave birth to male children the midwives

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