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“And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” (1 Corinthians 6:11 NKJV)
While tending the flock of his father-in-law, Moses had a dramatic supernatural encounter with God that set him on the right path of his divine purpose in life.
However, before Moses finally agreed to undertake the divine mission to return to Egypt to deliver and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt, God had to perform some miraculous signs before Moses fully persuaded and strengthened his faith and confidence in the God of Israel.
The first of the miraculous signs was the turning of Moses’ shepherd staff or rod into a snake when he cast it on the ground before God (Exo. 4:2-4).
Before Moses cast his rod on the ground before God, it was very dry wood, staff, or stick with which he tended the flock of his father-in-law. However, after Moses had willingly surrendered his rod to God, it ceased to be an ordinary rod or staff to Moses.
Although God continued to refer to it as Moses’ rod, Moses never again called it his rod after his dramatic encounter with God. Instead, Moses always called it “the rod of God.”
Moses had entirely and permanently relinquished any claim or right he had to his rod. Therefore, he rightly called it “the rod of God.”
When the Amalekites came and fought with the children of Israel in Rephidim, Moses instructed Joshua, saying, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.” (Exo. 17:9 NKJV).
When you also surrender “your rod” to God, it ceases to be yours; it becomes “the rod of God.”
The rod of Moses represents his whole life. It symbolizes his dream, ambition, vocation, wisdom, skills, strength, or might. Moses’ rod was his identity, instrument, or weapon in the desert. Therefore, when Moses willingly cast his rod on the ground before God, he surrendered or presented his life to God.
Although Moses was unsure of God’s intention in asking him to cast his rod on the ground, he did. This shows Moses’s willingness or mindset to die to himself—to abandon, forget, ignore, or renounce his dreams, ambitions, skills, wisdom, or strength.
It takes such a willingness, disposition, or mindset for God to use you!
After Moses’ supernatural encounter with God, he returned to Egypt believing that the rod he held was no longer his former ordinary shepherd rod but a holy, divine, or supernatural rod.
The Scripture records, “Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand.” (Exo. 4:20 NKJV).
With the rod of God in his hand, Moses wrought great exploits, signs, and wonders in Egypt that confounded and humiliated Pharaoh and all the sorcerers, magicians, and wise men in Egypt. He also did great exploits with it in the wilderness.
With the rod of God in his hand, Moses brought out the children of Israel from Egypt, fulfilling His divine purpose in life.
Having surrendered his rod to God, though God never took it from his hand, Moses ceased to see it as belonging to him or as an ordinary shepherd’s staff, and thus, he never again used it for tending his flock of his father-in-law.
After his divine encounter with God, Moses began to see his rod (a symbol of his life) as holy and supernatural, no longer an unholy and ordinary rod for tending the flock. This is why Moses chose to refer to it as “the rod of God” (Exo. 17:9).
Like Moses, after you have surrendered your life to Jesus Christ, you must cease to see, regard, and treat yourself again as though you still belong to yourself; instead, you must begin to see and treat yourself as one who is set apart for God (Romans 14:8, 1 Cor. 6:20).
Similarly, you must cease to see, regard, and treat yourself as though you are just a mere or ordinary person. Any life presented, yielded, or surrendered to Jesus Christ ceases to be an ordinary, insignificant, unimportant, or unholy life!
Having become born-again through faith in the person and finished work of Jesus Christ, you are no longer your old sinful self; you are now a new self, person, or creation in Christ (2 Cor. 5:17).
As a born-again believer, you are now a washed, sanctified, justified, and anointed person in Christ Jesus. You are no longer a wretched, miserable, helpless sinner or weakling; you are now an anointed saint in Christ Jesus (2 Cor. 1:21-22).
Paul testifies, “And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” (1 Cor. 6:11 NKJV).
One of the things the devil fears most is to see you knowing and walking in the understanding of your new spiritual status, condition, or position in Christ Jesus.
Beloved, just as Moses began to see, call, regard, and treat his rod as the holy rod of God after surrendering it to God, having surrendered your life to Christ, you also must begin to see, call, regard, and treat yourself as sacred and holy to God, and no longer as a common, unholy, natural or ordinary person.
Anything consecrated or set apart to God ceases to be common, unholy, natural, or ordinary but sacred, holy, divine, or supernatural.
Therefore, as a born-again believer who has willingly and unreservedly yielded his life to God, you must now begin to see and call yourself who and what God said you are now in Christ, not who or what you used to be before surrendering your life to Christ.
In Christ Jesus, you are now holy, blameless, and above reproach in God’s sight (Col. 1:21-22). In Christ Jesus, you are no longer a slave but a son, a joint heir with Christ, a king, and a priest to God (Ephesians. 1:7, 1 Pet. 2:9-10, 1 John 5:4, Rev. 5:10).
You are seated in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus (Ephesians. 2:6). You are anointed and sealed with the Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 1:21-22).
You are the temple of God, and you are carrying about the fullness of God in your born-again spirit, just as the Lord Jesus Christ did while He lived physically in this world (Col. 1:19, 1 Cor. 3:17).
Therefore, like Moses, stop seeing, speaking, walking, or operating as a human, flesh, a natural or ordinary person on earth.
Prayer:
My Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for opening my eyes of understanding today to the truth that having surrendered my life to you, I am no longer a mere human, natural, or ordinary person. Dear Holy Spirit, teach and help me live and walk daily in this light and truth, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
Our mandates is to Preserve the Faith of the Apostolic Generation.
Eniyekpemi Fidelis Oyinpreyebi.
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