LIVING FOR GOD!

LIVING FOR GOD “They........had NO opportunity even to prepare food for the journey” Exodus 12:39 Think about it BY TODAY'S STANDARDS They are NOT getting off To a very good start NO TIME to prepare For that big exam tomorrow We slacked off UNTIL the night before The exam Well-it looks Like an F there OR we didn't prepare For the BIG sales meeting tomorrow morning Our boss Is not going to be Too happy with us There are COUNTLESS examples WHERE not preparing or training Leads us to horrendous results BUT in this instance God SENDS the Jewish people out With barely clothes And little preparation It is what happened to the ISRAELITES As they escaped slavery They went with NOTHING but God And NOTHING but each other Not because they were remiss Or ill-prepared Because GOD and EACH other Was ALL that they needed They were LIVING FOR GOD And LIVING for each other “DO NOT hold against us The SINS of the past generations May your MERCY come quickly To meet us For we are IN DESPERATE NEED” Psalm 79:8 WE TOO The Christian PEOPLE Of today Are LIVING FOR GOD And each other ALL PEOPLE Jews and Christians alike The Jewish EXODUS Was a physical journey As well as a spiritual journey And a communal journey Just the SAME As it is for us CHRISTIANS (physical-spiritual-and communal) LIVING FOR GOD LIVING for each other And ALL of us EXPERIENCING the NEED For God in OUR LIVES “For your Father KNOWS what you NEED Before you ask” Matthew 6:8 So GOD KNOWS We are LIVING FOR HIM God knows We are living for EACH OTHER And he knows We are all in COVENANT RELATIONSHIP With him The Jewish people=and Moses=and EXODUS And the Christian people With Jesus=THE RESURRECTION=and the New Covenant A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP Is an UNBREAKABLE relationship WITH GOD and his PEOPLE And it is the way We should ALL be LIVING LIVING FOR GOD And LIVING FOR EACH OTHER What a FANTASTIC WORLD THIS COULD BE Robert P. Wallman 7-17-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Mary Marrocco