What is that in your hand?
Exodus 4:2 So the Lord said to
him, ‘what is that in your hand?’
Many times what we need to make
progress is well within our reach yet we don’t realize it. In the scripture
reference above, Moses was conversing with God concerning the deliverance of
the children of Israel. He was showing how ill equipped he was to carry out the
task when out of the blue God asks him-what is that in your hand?
Like Moses, each one of us has a
few things within our reach which we can use to make progress on the things
that need to get done but like him we are blinded to them and their potential. Moses
had carried this rod with him for a long time and used it exclusively for
taking care of the flocks. He didn’t know that this rod was capable of so much
more if only he changed his perception of what it was.
The very same rod that used to
guide the flocks now was capable of working signs and wonders in the presence
of pharaoh. On being stretched it parted the Red Sea. In the wilderness he used
the same rod to strike the rock and it brought forth water. This rod was
transformed into such a potent weapon when Moses looked at it differently.
This is a challenge for you to
begin looking at what you have in your hands differently. How much more are you
capable of accomplishing if you change your perception of what you have with
you? We waste our lives waiting for when everything will fall into place before
we do what we need to do. The truth is things will never fall into place at the
same time. You have to make do with what you have and make the most of it.
So the question is what is that
you have in your hands? What can you see around your life right now that can be
put to great use? What do you need to change your perception about so it
becomes capable of doing so much more?
In my upcoming book, Blessed to be
a Blessing, I share a lot about the many things you have going for you which
you can put to good use. Make sure to secure yourself a copy by letting me know
through my DM.
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