...But God

Hebrews 11: 24-26

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Hebrews 11: 24-26

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Host
Chad McBeam
Business Leader, Foster Advocate and Fighter of Human Trafficking, Chad enjoys hosting this podcast channel as a way to spread and highlight the great examples of those who live out their faith daily. He can also be seen on occasion on your TV or Film Screen or be heard narrating one of your books as his love of acting has stuck with him since his childhood.
Writer
Aaron Marcarelli
After getting his under-graduate degree from Cal State University San Bernardino where he played college baseball and received all American honors. he was a graduate assistant baseball coach at both Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.  He received his master’s degree in Teaching from Whitworth, with plans to someday be a head baseball coach at a university.  However, God had other plans.  Aaron started teaching English and History and coaching baseball and other sports at the high school level and found out how much he loves high school kids, and he has been doing that for the past 27 years.     Personally, heI has been married to his wife Sharon for 32 years, they have one daughter, Amanda Parrish, who has been married to Austin Parrish for 2 years. Aaron also has two grandsons Travis age 2 ½ and Aden who is 13 months and are blessed to have another on the way due in May. Aaron loves reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife and grandkids.
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Linda Cowen
Linda Cowen of San Antonio Christian School is our gracious and talented art designer for the But God, weekday morning devotional series.

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“By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the temporary pleasures of sin, considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.”
Hebrews 11:24-26 NASB2020
Moses grew up in the house of Pharaoh, he was brought up as an Egyptian. However, he was Jewish and he obviously knew about his heritage. His birth mother nursed him and took care of him. Moses also wanted to make sure his people, the Jews, were not abused. So he took matters into his own hands and killed an Egyptian who was abusing a Jewish worker. He thought nobody saw him kill the Egyptian. He thought the Jews would accept him. He was was not accepted by the Jews. In fact this incident leads to Moses fleeing Egypt in fear for his life.
“Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his fellow Hebrews and looked at their hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his fellow Hebrews. So he looked this way and that, and when he saw that there was no one around, he struck and killed the Egyptian, and hid his body in the sand. Now he went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were fighting with each other; and he said to the offender, “Why are you striking your companion?” But he said, “Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and said, “Surely the matter has become known!””
Exodus 2:11-14 NASB2020
In fact when the Pharaoh found out Moses murdered an Egyptian, he wanted Moses executed.
Moses fled. God used this incident of sin to help Moses grow. God so often does this. Sometimes it’s the sin of others like it was with Cain, Joseph, David, Ruth, Isaiah, Jeremiah. Sometimes it’s our own sin like it was with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, Peter, Matthew, and Paul.
God uses the sin of the world to change lives.

“But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gracious gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 6:22-23 NASB2020
Moses knew he had sinned. He continued to seek God’s favor. He rescues the Priest of Median’s daughters from the abuse and poor treatment of the shepherds. God rewards Moses. Again we see God’s favor, not because of what Moses has done. He uses Moses in spite of what he has done. This is a recurring theme. Not only in the Bible but in our lives as well. God loves us in spite of our sin. We are forgiven because Jesus paid it all. Jesus laid down his life, he suffered and bore our sin and because of that we are forever forgiven.
We must realize that we are saved by grace. There is nothing we can do to earn God’s favor. All too often I think we serve or do a good deed because we are trying to make up for past sins. Or, we are trying to somehow earn Gods favor. We must stop this! If we are filled with the Holy Spirit we will seek to do good, because God calls us to do good, and to love mercy. “He has told you, mortal one, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?”
Micah 6:8 NASB2020
Lord we thank you for your favor. Thank you for your death on the cross and the forgiveness of sin. Thank you for leaving us your Holy Spirit who dwells in us. Help us to rely on the Holy Spirit to act justly, and to love mercy so that your perfect and pleasing will, may be done. Lord I pray for the divisiveness of this country. No matter the results of politics, help us as followers of you, to unite people towards You the great reconciler. We pray all this in Jesus name Amen…
Shalom Blessings and Press In and Press On!