Ever-Ready

If you’ve ever hosted a party, planned an event, chaired a committee – success was sweet but getting there wasn’t so-sweet!  The planning and preparation were killers!  Regardless how well-organized and ahead-of-the-game you tried to be, those final details were enough to make you say “what was I thinking!”

 

Then there’s Moses – quietly, peacefully, tending sheep – and the burning bush!  Needless to say, an unexpected wilderness experience.  Exodus 3 tells the story of Moses’ encounter with I AM - the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and Moses’ answer to God’s call. Have you ever been caught off-guard when God called?  Several years ago I was asked to be the pianist for a county-wide crusade - I was stunned, and fairly certain someone misunderstood the LORD!  Not everything He asks us to do will be sensational; some calls to do simple things, but none trivial!  Oswald Chambers writes, "A ready person never needs to get ready."  Like a charged-and-ready battery, a soul one-with-Christ, is "ever-ready" to do whatever task - large or small - because of The Father’s present nearness, and from deep love for and devotion to Him.  The ever-ready-soul knows a Oneness with The Father, and is ever-listening for His call.  Moses' response, "Here I am," is the response God longs for from every Believer.  Stay ever-near The Father, and you’ll be ever-ready when He calls!