A Better Way

Genesis 6:13-14 (KJV) Says, "And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch." Genesis 12:1 (KJV) Says, "Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee:" In
Exodus 3:10-11 (KJV) God is speaking to Moses and he says, "Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?"

In the above passage of scripture pertaining to Noah, God instructs him to build an ark. Now if you read further in the Bible on the topic of Noah you will see that Noah was given specific details from God on how to build the ark, with what materials, how large it was to be, and what exactly he was to place aboard it. He was also given a specific deadline on when the ark was to be completed. This was by no means a simple task, but with God working through Noah it was accomplished. In the above passage of scripture regarding Abram, we see that he was instructed by God to get out of his own country, leave his family, and go to an unknown location which God was to lead him to. I would say that was difficult for Abram because leaving one's country and family to head to an unknown land would be difficult for anyone. Finally, the above passage of scripture regarding Moses pertains to God calling him to lead the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt. Now he is being told by God that he is to go before Pharaoh the King and request that the Israelites be released. Moses trusted God, who worked through him, and the Israelites were at last released from bondage in Egypt, but God had given Moses no simple task.

Noah, Abram, and Moses as well as many others named in God's word, were given quite a load to carry. They were assigned various tasks to be carried out in specific detail, and these tasks were far from simplistic. With that said, not one time do we read that any of the three of them gave up on what they were doing, proclaiming their task to be so difficult that it was over their load. These guys trusted God, they were organized, and did not become discouraged and give up. With God working through them, they accomplished all that he had instructed them to accomplish.

Noah, Abram, and Moses accomplished large tasks that were life altering for multitudes of people, and played a huge role in history. They obeyed God, trusted him, got organized, and got busy seeing what they were called to do through to completion. Why do I think many people of today would have reacted in an opposite manner had God put such a large task to their charge.

Numbers of  people pack their schedules to maximum capacity with tasks they deem urgent on a daily basis, and then add others necessary to meet their families needs on top of those. They don't stop until their schedules reach a fullness that's overwhelming. People like this usually take little or no time to pray, read their Bible, or spend any alone time with God in order to grow in their personal relationship with him. God has been left off of many daily schedules.

As a result of leaving God out, packing their schedules, lacking organization, and poor prioritizing we have people running around proclaiming things are over their load. These are people with worldly issues such as financial, material, and job related, for instance. You know the type, they are so wound up that within five seconds of being around them you feel the stress because it has permeated the air. Their temper is on a hair trigger because they have put to much on themselves, left God out of all of it, and continue to run in the same loop without stopping to consider they need to make some changes. If Noah, Abram, or Moses had behaved like this it would have changed history because Noah and his family would have drowned, Abraham's family and land would have never grown in all the ways it did, and Moses would not have been successful at leading the Israelites out of bondage in Egypt.

If you are one of these people, know this there is a better way. Go to God in prayer, and do as the Bible instructs us to do, cast your cares on him. Don't fill your schedule to overflow, and become stressed out to the max because you can't keep the pace of it.  Get organized, prioritize, and trust God. Allow him to lead, guide, and direct your path. Spend time with God daily, and put him first in your life. Don't continue doing exactly like your doing, and expect a different result. Stop whining, complaining, and being filled with self- pity, as you proclaim things to be over your load. There is nothing big enough to be over God's load. Give him control of your life, obey him, follow his direction, and experience the love, peace, contentment, and joy that comes along with it.

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