The great boxing
champion of the world, Muhammad Ali, was well known
for being boisterous and prideful. His statements
regarding his accomplishments were seldom, if ever,
humble. Once on an airline, the flight attendant
asked Ali to put his seat belt on. Ali snapped back,
“Superman don’t need no seatbelt.” To which she
snapped back, “Superman don’t need no airplane
either...now buckle up.” Ali chuckled and then did
as he was asked. Ali loved the glory.
Our God is a generous God. He shares almost
everything with us: shares His resources…shares His
kingdom…shares His Son. But one thing he will not
share is His glory!
We will be in a series of sermons this summer on the
life of Moses. If you were here last summer, we did
a series in the life of David called, “A Person
After God’s Own Heart.” This summer will be on the
life of Moses and what it looks like to be a person
who wants God’s Glory; what it means to be a person
seeking God’s Glory above our own.
Moses was set aside for just that. Created for it.
Called to it. And carried out this calling!
Throughout the Old Testament, God gets pretty
frustrated when someone tries to elevate their own
glory over His. Pharaoh made that mistake. So did
several of Israel’s kings. Lesson was simple: keep
your hands off God’s Glory!
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Moses will return to Egypt and stand
before the most powerful world leader of that time.
Moses will be a nobody standing before a somebody.
But he will do it with the power of God behind him.
“Say ‘no’ all you want Pharaoh, but soon you will
fall to your knees and beg me to take what God sent
me for.” And nobody will say, “Look at how powerful
Moses is.” No! They will say, “Look at how powerful
God is.”
As we read the bible, we quickly see it’s seldom
about the story being told or the individual in the
story. It’s not the story…it’s the Glory behind the
story.
Moses will learn what it means to be a person
seeking God’s Glory first. We will learn the same.
Ron Otto, Preaching Minister at Lincoln Christian
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