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What Is Your Faith Doing For You?

1/26/2022

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Hebrews 11:24-27 - By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, 25 choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, 26 considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.  NASU 
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  • Moses' Faith Did This For Him 
The Hebrew writer lets us know "By faith Moses" did some things. The first thing Moses' faith did "it refused" to allow him "to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter."
 
Can you imagine all of the benefits he turned down by not allowing himself to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter?  Just look at all the benefits the kids of the Presidents of the United States get compared to ordinary Americans.
 
The second thing his faith did was choose for him to endure ill-treatment. In other words, he chose to suffer with the people of God rather that enjoy the passing pleasures of sin.
 
Who does that?
 
A person who has faith in God and is willing to suffer and suffer Moses did.
 
Moses was not suffering without hope. Look at the last seven words: "for he was looking to the reward." What reward? The promises of God were Moses' reward.
 
The third thing his faith did was "considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt…"  Can we say, our faith says; bring on the reproach of Christ for it is greater by far than the treasures of the USA?
 
One thing we will notice when we read about the life of Moses is here is a man who suffered. He suffered at the hands of his enemies. His enemies were those who had no faith (The Egyptians) and his enemies were from those who were supposed to be people of faith (The Israelites).
 
His faith at the end of his life was stronger than the faith at the beginning of his life, but what is so unusual about that?
 
I would say my faith is stronger today than it was in 1975.
 
The last thing I want to say about Moses' faith is this it took him on a journey. When he left Egypt at 40 years of age until he left earth at 120 years of age during those 80 years his faith led him on a journey. He was constantly learning lessons that drew him ever closer to the LORD.
 
At first he didn't believe he was the man to lead the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage, but later on he was the man that lifted his staff and parted the Red Sea, and a little later he climb Mt. Sinai and received the 10 commandments from God.
 
As you journey in this life with the LORD your faith will grow and if you are like Moses it will be on account of you look to the reward that lies ahead. 
  • What Is Your Faith Doing For You? 
If your faith is like Moses' faith then you should not be too concerned when you are suffering. Suffering helps us learn things about ourselves and God that we won't learn in any other way.
 
If your faith is like Moses' faith then you know this is a journey and for Moses his journey last 80 years. Let your faith be like Moses and in so doing you will be able to say that you are: "considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt (USA); for he was looking to the reward." 
 
Keep your eyes on the reward and the reward is eternal life in Heaven with the Lord Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father.  
 
Always remember what the apostle Paul said, "For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us." (Rom. 8:18)
 
All of God's servants seem to have this one thing in common and that is we all suffer, but once we arrive in Heaven and God's glory is revealed to us. We will not remember the sufferings that we had to endure here on earth.
 
Think About This:
 
We learn some things from prosperity, but we learn many more from adversity.

FYI - January 30th - I will be preaching at the Severn Christian Church at 10:30 am in Severn, MD. I hope to see some of you there. They do livestream their services. Their website address is:  https://www.severnchristian.org/
Look for the icon that says "Watch Live".

Stay Pumped,

Gary A. Serago      
    

Minister of God’s Word
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