1 00:00:32,025 --> 00:00:36,305 Speaker 1: Hey, friends, Jennifer Slattery here thanking you for a wonderful year. 2 00:00:36,625 --> 00:00:39,745 Speaker 1: Your support means the world to us. I also wanted 3 00:00:39,784 --> 00:00:41,425 Speaker 1: to let you know that my team and I will 4 00:00:41,465 --> 00:00:44,104 Speaker 1: be taking a two week break in January to regroup 5 00:00:44,144 --> 00:00:47,705 Speaker 1: and refuel spiritually. During that time, will we air some 6 00:00:47,784 --> 00:00:51,385 Speaker 1: of our most popular episodes if you've already listened to them. 7 00:00:51,545 --> 00:00:55,505 Speaker 1: Perhaps consider this an opportunity to prayerfully reflect on the 8 00:00:55,585 --> 00:00:59,785 Speaker 1: truce anew. May you encounter the Lord in a personal 9 00:01:00,025 --> 00:01:15,545 Speaker 1: and fulfilling way each time you listen God Bless Life Audio. Hello, 10 00:01:15,905 --> 00:01:18,265 Speaker 1: thank you for listening to your Daily Bible Verse, the 11 00:01:18,305 --> 00:01:21,785 Speaker 1: podcast that examines one verse each day to learn more 12 00:01:21,785 --> 00:01:24,865 Speaker 1: about God and his will for us. I'm your host, 13 00:01:24,944 --> 00:01:28,425 Speaker 1: Jennifer Slattery, and after this shirtword from our sponsor, we'll 14 00:01:28,465 --> 00:01:43,944 Speaker 1: dive into today's Bible verse, Deuteronomy thirty four seven. Today's 15 00:01:43,944 --> 00:01:47,585 Speaker 1: Bible Verse is Deuteronomy thirty four to seven. Moses was 16 00:01:47,625 --> 00:01:50,585 Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty years old when he died. His 17 00:01:50,705 --> 00:01:54,465 Speaker 1: eyes were not weak, nor his strength gone. 18 00:01:55,145 --> 00:01:59,184 Speaker 2: What is your and yet that thing that you fear, 19 00:01:59,225 --> 00:02:02,624 Speaker 2: that stands between you and that dream God ignited in 20 00:02:02,665 --> 00:02:05,945 Speaker 2: your heart? What in your life feels like a massive, 21 00:02:06,145 --> 00:02:09,785 Speaker 2: immovable obstacle standing between where you are now and where 22 00:02:09,785 --> 00:02:12,865 Speaker 2: you'd like to be. Back when I was pursuing my 23 00:02:12,905 --> 00:02:16,025 Speaker 2: college degree and a career in publishing, I often wondered 24 00:02:16,305 --> 00:02:19,864 Speaker 2: if I was starting too late. I lost a lot 25 00:02:19,905 --> 00:02:22,905 Speaker 2: of years due to self destructive living. As I've shared previously, 26 00:02:22,905 --> 00:02:24,745 Speaker 2: I dropped out of high school, went through a season 27 00:02:24,785 --> 00:02:27,305 Speaker 2: of homelessness, and then once I got married, became a mom, 28 00:02:27,425 --> 00:02:31,505 Speaker 2: started actively following Christ. It took me twenty years to 29 00:02:31,585 --> 00:02:35,425 Speaker 2: earn a college degree, plus I'd spent nearly two decades 30 00:02:35,465 --> 00:02:37,225 Speaker 2: as a stay at home mom. For a time, I 31 00:02:37,264 --> 00:02:39,945 Speaker 2: contemplated trying to get hired on at a church, but 32 00:02:40,025 --> 00:02:43,225 Speaker 2: feared no one would hire me because of my past 33 00:02:43,264 --> 00:02:47,945 Speaker 2: and my nonexistent work history. But when God assigned something 34 00:02:47,984 --> 00:02:51,505 Speaker 2: to us, he gives us everything we need to complete 35 00:02:51,745 --> 00:02:55,945 Speaker 2: the task, and nothing else matters, not our past, our skills, qualifications, 36 00:02:56,144 --> 00:03:00,265 Speaker 2: or lack thereof. Nothing else matters but his command and 37 00:03:00,345 --> 00:03:04,665 Speaker 2: our obedience to it. As Moses's story demonstrates, the Lord 38 00:03:04,864 --> 00:03:11,025 Speaker 2: will fulfill his will regardless of circumstances or present abilities. 39 00:03:11,505 --> 00:03:13,945 Speaker 2: All he's asking is that we follow his lead with 40 00:03:14,105 --> 00:03:19,264 Speaker 2: yielded obedience. That was the life Moses modeled. If you 41 00:03:19,385 --> 00:03:21,905 Speaker 2: caught much of our Moses series from Fearful to Faithful 42 00:03:21,984 --> 00:03:25,945 Speaker 2: Last Fall, you might remember some of his story. He 43 00:03:26,105 --> 00:03:28,704 Speaker 2: was already eighty years old when the Lord called him 44 00:03:28,745 --> 00:03:32,225 Speaker 2: to embark on a difficult journey that directly impact acted 45 00:03:32,264 --> 00:03:37,145 Speaker 2: the lives of potentially two million beaten, down enslaved men, women, 46 00:03:37,225 --> 00:03:41,145 Speaker 2: and children. Plus he'd been living as a fugitive in 47 00:03:41,225 --> 00:03:44,265 Speaker 2: a foreign land for the forty years prior, and likely 48 00:03:44,825 --> 00:03:48,625 Speaker 2: assumed he'd forfeited the dream God had sparked within him. 49 00:03:48,905 --> 00:03:54,905 Speaker 1: But catch this. When God writes your story, disqualified isn't 50 00:03:54,905 --> 00:03:59,265 Speaker 1: in the script. Obstacles, no matter how big, becomes stepping 51 00:03:59,345 --> 00:04:03,185 Speaker 1: stones for the one determined to live for Jesus, and 52 00:04:03,225 --> 00:04:05,865 Speaker 1: we see this in the life of Moses. In God's 53 00:04:05,865 --> 00:04:09,185 Speaker 1: perfect timing, he called Moses to be the answer to 54 00:04:09,265 --> 00:04:13,265 Speaker 1: the desperate prayers Moses's people and probably his parents, had 55 00:04:13,305 --> 00:04:17,585 Speaker 1: been praying for centuries. Initially, he freaked out because he 56 00:04:17,665 --> 00:04:20,745 Speaker 1: focused on his faults and weaknesses rather than the power 57 00:04:21,225 --> 00:04:23,745 Speaker 1: of the one who called him. Yet, after a few 58 00:04:23,785 --> 00:04:27,145 Speaker 1: miraculous displays and learning that he'd receive help and support 59 00:04:27,225 --> 00:04:33,305 Speaker 1: from his brother Moses said yes, and his transformative journey began, 60 00:04:33,945 --> 00:04:37,544 Speaker 1: one that forged a deeply intimate relationship with God, turned 61 00:04:37,545 --> 00:04:40,185 Speaker 1: Moses into a powerful man of faith, led to the 62 00:04:40,225 --> 00:04:43,265 Speaker 1: birth of a nation and the fulfillment of a promise 63 00:04:43,305 --> 00:04:48,624 Speaker 1: spoken many generations prior to his patriarch Abraham. Moses's task 64 00:04:48,745 --> 00:04:52,025 Speaker 1: was far from easy. The people he led constantly complained, 65 00:04:52,145 --> 00:04:54,585 Speaker 1: fed their fear instead of seeking to build their faith, 66 00:04:54,625 --> 00:04:58,705 Speaker 1: and even threatened to stone him. Sadly, in their fear, 67 00:04:58,784 --> 00:05:03,464 Speaker 1: they added an additional forty years to their and Moses's 68 00:05:03,585 --> 00:05:07,585 Speaker 1: journey through the wilderness, bringing him to one hundred and 69 00:05:07,665 --> 00:05:10,385 Speaker 1: twenty years by the time he and the people reached 70 00:05:10,425 --> 00:05:16,105 Speaker 1: the edge of the promised land, one hundred and twenty long, hard, 71 00:05:16,305 --> 00:05:20,385 Speaker 1: and at times incredibly frustrating years. I wonder if Moses 72 00:05:20,464 --> 00:05:23,904 Speaker 1: ever felt tempted to quit, thinking I'm too old for this, 73 00:05:24,344 --> 00:05:27,265 Speaker 1: especially when at age eighty he learned he and the 74 00:05:27,265 --> 00:05:31,464 Speaker 1: people would be walking, lugging all their belongings for another 75 00:05:31,705 --> 00:05:37,025 Speaker 1: four already years. From a human perspective, obedience made no sense. 76 00:05:38,145 --> 00:05:41,665 Speaker 1: But our all powerful God isn't limited by our limitations. 77 00:05:41,705 --> 00:05:45,705 Speaker 1: What he says goes. When he gives a command, stars 78 00:05:45,745 --> 00:05:48,904 Speaker 1: and planets first, fourth, And when he gives an assignment 79 00:05:49,265 --> 00:05:52,305 Speaker 1: or plants a dream in our hearts, he already knows 80 00:05:52,344 --> 00:05:55,544 Speaker 1: precisely how he'll lead us to fulfill it. He's not 81 00:05:55,665 --> 00:06:00,585 Speaker 1: asking us to be awesome. He's inviting us to remain obedient, anchored, 82 00:06:00,665 --> 00:06:04,705 Speaker 1: not in who we are or who were not, but 83 00:06:04,945 --> 00:06:10,104 Speaker 1: in who He is, almighty, all knowing God. So again 84 00:06:10,265 --> 00:06:14,224 Speaker 1: I ask, what's your and yet, what's the thing that 85 00:06:14,344 --> 00:06:18,265 Speaker 1: makes you feel disqualified for whatever task the Lord has 86 00:06:18,305 --> 00:06:21,904 Speaker 1: placed before you, or that he's calling you to pursue. 87 00:06:21,985 --> 00:06:25,224 Speaker 1: Will you lift your gaze off yourself and your circumstances 88 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:28,464 Speaker 1: and fix it firmly on your miracle, working and oh 89 00:06:28,825 --> 00:06:33,344 Speaker 1: so present God. Let God to use your and yet 90 00:06:33,865 --> 00:06:39,344 Speaker 1: to show you He's greater than your I can't. Let's pray, 91 00:06:39,904 --> 00:06:43,305 Speaker 1: Holy Father, we are so grateful for you. We are 92 00:06:43,344 --> 00:06:46,905 Speaker 1: so grateful that you continually stand with us and walk 93 00:06:46,945 --> 00:06:49,145 Speaker 1: beside us and empower us. We thank you that you've 94 00:06:49,185 --> 00:06:52,185 Speaker 1: given us assignments, that you've given us ways to live 95 00:06:52,344 --> 00:06:55,625 Speaker 1: a life of purpose, a legacy, a life of faith 96 00:06:55,665 --> 00:07:00,344 Speaker 1: and intimacy with you. When we hit obstacles, when we 97 00:07:00,464 --> 00:07:05,585 Speaker 1: encounter naysayers, when problems and stress seem to mount and 98 00:07:05,665 --> 00:07:09,265 Speaker 1: cause us to doubt our ability to fulfill whatever You've 99 00:07:09,265 --> 00:07:12,505 Speaker 1: called us to do. Help us to shift our focus 100 00:07:12,665 --> 00:07:16,345 Speaker 1: off of ourselves, off of our weaknesses and our faults, 101 00:07:16,465 --> 00:07:20,185 Speaker 1: off the problems that feel so overwhelming, and help us 102 00:07:20,305 --> 00:07:27,185 Speaker 1: to focus solely on you. Empower our steps, Lord, ignite 103 00:07:27,345 --> 00:07:32,345 Speaker 1: our faith, Heal our hearts and our souls. Increase our 104 00:07:32,385 --> 00:07:36,265 Speaker 1: love for you, Increase our ability to sense your presence. 105 00:07:36,345 --> 00:07:39,385 Speaker 1: Remind us to sit in your presence when we're afraid 106 00:07:39,625 --> 00:07:45,505 Speaker 1: or hurting especially, and thank you that you always complete 107 00:07:45,865 --> 00:07:49,025 Speaker 1: what you start. We love you, and we praise you. 108 00:07:49,585 --> 00:07:51,985 Speaker 1: And it is in the name of your son, our savior, 109 00:07:52,105 --> 00:07:54,025 Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, that we pray Amen.