1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,160 So without further ado, we want to get into the word of God 2 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:07,120 today, amen, if you can open up your Bibles, 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:12,120 we are going to read a brief but powerful scripture, 4 00:00:12,760 --> 00:00:16,560 amen, that'll be our segue into our message today, amen. 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:20,400 If you could open your Bibles to Exodus 33: 18, 6 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,920 amen, Exodus 33: 18, and if you have it, say amen, amen. 7 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,920 The scripture simply reads like this, 8 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:34,920 then Moses said, now show me your glory. 9 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:39,920 Then Moses said, now show me your glory. 10 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,920 Heavenly Father, we come before you today, God, 11 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:43,920 we give you honor, we give you glory. 12 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,920 Lord, we thank you, Father, Lord, for your presence 13 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:47,920 that is in this place, Father. 14 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,920 We just ask you, oh Lord, to open up our hearts, 15 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:52,920 open up our minds, Jesus said, we would receive 16 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,920 of your word today, amen. 17 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,920 Bless every person in this place, God, 18 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:00,920 and those that have joined us online, Father, Lord. 19 00:01:00,920 --> 00:01:03,920 Jesus, God, with a double blessing, God, 20 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:06,920 Lord, a double portion, God, hallelujah today, God. 21 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,920 In the name of Jesus, we pray, we thank you, we love you, 22 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:14,920 and the church says, amen, you may be seated. 23 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:18,920 Amen. 24 00:01:18,920 --> 00:01:21,920 Amen. 25 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:27,920 In our inherent society, nature shapes our desire for more, 26 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:32,920 often driven by comparisons with others, amen, 27 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,920 and social pressures. 28 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,920 In a world where success and happiness are linked 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:42,920 to material possessions and social status. 30 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,920 We feel compelled to keep up or surpass those around us 31 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:52,920 intensifying our pursuit for success. 32 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:58,920 Cultural and societal influences, including consumerism 33 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:03,920 propagated by advertisement and advertising, 34 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,920 amplifying our desire for more. 35 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,920 Fostering a belief that acquisition or more leads 36 00:02:12,920 --> 00:02:14,920 to fulfillment. 37 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:18,920 Eternally, the pursuit of personal growth and fulfillment 38 00:02:18,920 --> 00:02:21,920 further fuels our desire for more. 39 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:27,920 Our inmate drive to set and achieve goals propels us 40 00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:28,920 forward. 41 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:33,920 But it can also perpetuate a cycle of constant pursuit 42 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:37,920 as we continually seek improvement. 43 00:02:37,920 --> 00:02:41,920 Balancing these external and internal influences is 44 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:45,920 essential to navigate the desire for more while finding 45 00:02:45,920 --> 00:02:52,920 contentment and fulfillment in our present life. 46 00:02:52,920 --> 00:02:59,920 This is also applicable when it comes to desiring more of God. 47 00:02:59,920 --> 00:03:05,920 That we just don't desire more blessings, but that we desire 48 00:03:05,920 --> 00:03:08,920 more of the bleser. 49 00:03:08,920 --> 00:03:11,920 That we would not only seek and desire our own personal 50 00:03:11,920 --> 00:03:16,920 improvement, growth and or success, but as the children 51 00:03:16,920 --> 00:03:22,920 of God, we never forget to desire more after God and God 52 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:24,920 alone. 53 00:03:24,920 --> 00:03:28,920 We should desire more of God like the Psalmist says in 54 00:03:28,920 --> 00:03:31,920 Psalms 42, 1-2. 55 00:03:31,920 --> 00:03:36,920 It says, as a deer pants for streams of water, so my soul 56 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:38,920 pants for you, my God. 57 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:43,920 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. 58 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:50,920 As I thirst for water, my soul thirsts for my God. 59 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:51,920 Amen. 60 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:55,920 I can recall a time when I was a young man, amen, and being 61 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,920 raised in this thing, we would go to service after service. 62 00:03:59,920 --> 00:04:00,920 And amen. 63 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,920 We would get excited every time they had a youth service 64 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,920 because it was in a different location and different area. 65 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:10,920 So we would all gather up together and get in a car and 66 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:12,920 carpool to wherever we are going. 67 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:13,920 Whatever church. 68 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,920 I don't know how many of you remember consecration week. 69 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,920 Am I the only one? 70 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:21,920 I got one, two, three. 71 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:22,920 All right. 72 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:24,920 That shows my age. 73 00:04:24,920 --> 00:04:27,920 But they used to have consecration week and every day 74 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:29,920 we would go to a different church. 75 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:33,920 And I was pondering this, I was thinking of the times when we 76 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:37,920 would walk into church and don't get me wrong, we were young. 77 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:43,920 We hung out at the lobby, you know, we all did lobby ministry. 78 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:46,920 We were all there talking and socializing and things like 79 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:47,920 that. 80 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:51,920 But I do remember that prior to church starting, I remember 81 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:55,920 walking into the church and not even going to my seat but going 82 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:57,920 straight to the altar. 83 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:01,920 And I remember that the altar before the church started, 84 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:05,920 before the worship started, before the music started, the 85 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,920 altar was full of people. 86 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,920 Youth, adults, old and young alike, amen. 87 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,920 And I remember that we weren't just there just in a typical 88 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:20,920 prayer but I remember hearing the speaking of tongues. 89 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:25,920 The power of God was so strong that although we were there and 90 00:05:25,920 --> 00:05:28,920 church hasn't even started, I don't even believe that sometimes 91 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:32,920 church had to start because we were already having church. 92 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:36,920 We were already in the presence of God. 93 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,920 And young people, I know I love all of you. 94 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:41,920 I know you all desire more of God. 95 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:44,920 I know you all desire these things. 96 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:47,920 And I know that God moves in your services. 97 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:49,920 But I have been to your services. 98 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:51,920 I have been to plenty of services. 99 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:56,920 And I have yet to see what I saw when I was young. 100 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:02,920 An altar full of young people, women and men of God, 101 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,920 worshiping in spirit and in truth. 102 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:10,920 Praising, amen, and speaking in other tongues. 103 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:13,920 Amen, because they weren't just there to be blessed. 104 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:16,920 They were there to bless the bleser. 105 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,920 They weren't just there to receive but they were there to 106 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:22,920 give of themselves. 107 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,920 They weren't just there to hear the speaker or to hear their 108 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:29,920 favorite amen MC or their song or to get the music going so 109 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:30,920 they can get going. 110 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:35,920 They were there, amen, for one reason and one reason only and 111 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:41,920 that was to worship the almighty God. 112 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,920 We come to church and we speak in tongues. 113 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,920 We come to church and experience the move of God. 114 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,920 And we go home feeling great. 115 00:06:50,920 --> 00:06:53,920 We can hear all the great things that God has done and God is 116 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:54,920 doing. 117 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:59,920 But what about actually experiencing them ourselves? 118 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,920 Where is the thirst for God in this day and age? 119 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,920 Where is the thirst for more in this generation? 120 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:09,920 Where is the desire for more? 121 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,920 To witness the manifestation of God in our lives each and every 122 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:14,920 Sunday. 123 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:17,920 Day in and day out. 124 00:07:17,920 --> 00:07:22,920 As we look at Moses in the book of Exodus, we see God moving in 125 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:24,920 such a supernatural way. 126 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:28,920 From the burning bush experience to the parting of the Red Sea. 127 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,920 But Moses I believe had a desire deep inside of him that he didn't 128 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:35,920 even know he had. 129 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:37,920 A desire for more. 130 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,920 A desire to see God. 131 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:43,920 To see God in a way that no one else had. 132 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:44,920 Amen. 133 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,920 And for a moment I would like to briefly speak on the subject 134 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:50,920 desire for more. 135 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:51,920 Amen. 136 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:52,920 Desire for more. 137 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:57,920 And throughout and on Moses' journey in discovering this, 138 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,920 there are a few things that I want to point out and mention. 139 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,920 And the first thing I want to start off with is that Moses had 140 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:07,920 to trust God. 141 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:08,920 Someone say amen. 142 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:10,920 He had to trust God. 143 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:14,920 And we pick up in the story of Moses where the angel meets him 144 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:18,920 at the burning bush and he has that burning bush experience in 145 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:19,920 Exodus 3.2. 146 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:23,920 And the Lord tells Moses that he has seen the misery of his people 147 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:24,920 in Egypt. 148 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:25,920 Amen. 149 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,920 That he has heard the cry of his people. 150 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,920 And that he is concerned for their suffering. 151 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:35,920 And the Lord says this in verse 10, he says to Moses, now go. 152 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,920 I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites 153 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:40,920 out of Egypt. 154 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:45,920 But Moses said to God, who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and 155 00:08:45,920 --> 00:08:49,920 bring the Israelites out of Egypt? 156 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,920 And oftentimes when we desire more of God and we ask God to use 157 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:57,920 us, amen, we question God. 158 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,920 And what God does and how God does it. 159 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:06,920 We forget, hallelujah, we forget that he is in control. 160 00:09:06,920 --> 00:09:11,920 And we focus on our inabilities and our own status just like 161 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:12,920 Moses did. 162 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:16,920 And there is one thing that we need to remember is that we are 163 00:09:16,920 --> 00:09:17,920 chosen. 164 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,920 We are chosen just like Moses was chosen when the angel 165 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:23,920 appeared to him in the burning bush. 166 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,920 God chose Moses because he called him by his name. 167 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:31,920 When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to 168 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:35,920 him from within the bush saying, Moses, Moses. 169 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:39,920 And Moses replied, here I am. 170 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:44,920 Moses, excuse me, God called and Moses answered. 171 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:47,920 Will you call when God answers? 172 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:52,920 Do you call, do you answer when God calls? 173 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:55,920 God chose Moses just like he chose us. 174 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,920 First Peter to a nine. 175 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:00,920 But we are a chosen generation. 176 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,920 A royal priesthood, a holy nation of peculiar people that 177 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,920 ye should show forth the praises of him who had called you out of 178 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,920 darkness into his marvelous light. 179 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,920 Can somebody say amen for that, hallelujah. 180 00:10:14,920 --> 00:10:19,920 If you ever pose the question who we are, we are the chosen. 181 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:22,920 Come on, somebody say the chosen. 182 00:10:22,920 --> 00:10:26,920 And if we are chosen and we are called by God, amen, we have to 183 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:31,920 trust God and know that God will provide and give to us all that 184 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:32,920 we need. 185 00:10:32,920 --> 00:10:37,920 Moses heard those words, I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring 186 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:40,920 my people to the Israelites out of Egypt. 187 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,920 Moses quickly and almost instinctively doubted himself. 188 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:49,920 And he didn't hesitate to ask God about his decision. 189 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:51,920 Would we desire more of God? 190 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:56,920 Amen, he will put us in some uncomfortable situations that 191 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:58,920 might cause us to do the same. 192 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:03,920 We question and doubt if we are even qualified for the task. 193 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,920 And I want to remind you what the apostle Paul said in Ephesians 194 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:12,920 2 and 13, he said for we are God's handiwork created in 195 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:17,920 Christ Jesus to do the good works which God prepared, someone 196 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,920 say prepared in advance for us to do. 197 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:25,920 Amen, because God does not call the qualified, he qualifies the 198 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:26,920 call. 199 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:28,920 Someone say amen. 200 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:32,920 And this can put us in these situations where we are still 201 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:37,920 uncomfortable and unsure, doubting just like Moses doubted. 202 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:42,920 And we have to get used to the idea sometimes of being 203 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,920 comfortable, of being comfortable with being 204 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:46,920 uncomfortable. 205 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,920 And it's crucial that we trust God. 206 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:53,920 I know that you hear this day in and day out, trust God, trust 207 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:54,920 God. 208 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:56,920 You have to trust God. 209 00:11:56,920 --> 00:11:58,920 Every day you have to trust God. 210 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:02,920 And sometimes we say yes, we know, yes, we understand. 211 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:05,920 But why is it so important to trust God? 212 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,920 Why is it so crucial to trust God? 213 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:12,920 It is crucial because his plans are not our plans. 214 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:16,920 We think one day that we are going to go left and the next 215 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,920 day the Lord is taking us another route. 216 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:23,920 When we truly put our hands, amen, our lives in the hands of 217 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:26,920 God, God is in control. 218 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:31,920 My plans aren't your plans nor are my ways, amen, nor are your 219 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:33,920 ways my ways says the Lord. 220 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,920 Just as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways 221 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:39,920 higher than your ways. 222 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,920 My plans than your plans. 223 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:45,920 Isaiah 55, 8-9. 224 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:49,920 From one day to the next there can be a shift in our lives. 225 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:53,920 And we need to understand that we are not in control. 226 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,920 God is in control. 227 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,920 That his plans are not ours, his ways are not ours, but they are 228 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:00,920 higher than ours. 229 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:03,920 Someone say amen for that. 230 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,920 Moses went from tending the flock to fleeing the flock. 231 00:13:07,920 --> 00:13:11,920 He went from the wilderness to the palace. 232 00:13:11,920 --> 00:13:15,920 He was understanding, he had to stand before God at the burning 233 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:16,920 bush. 234 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:20,920 And the next day he is standing before Pharaoh commanding him to 235 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:22,920 let God's people go. 236 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,920 In our pursuit and desire for more of God, we have got to trust 237 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:27,920 God. 238 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:31,920 We must trust God and it will take us to higher places, 239 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,920 levels we could never comprehend and or imagine. 240 00:13:35,920 --> 00:13:41,920 But the question remains, will you trust God? 241 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:44,920 When you trust God. 242 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:48,920 When you trust God with everything, God will provide us 243 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:50,920 with everything. 244 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,920 When you trust God with everything, God will provide us 245 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:55,920 with everything. 246 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:57,920 And Moses still doubting himself. 247 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:02,920 He asked the Lord in Exodus 4, what if they do not believe me or 248 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:03,920 listen to me? 249 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:06,920 And I say the Lord did not appear to you. 250 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:11,920 What if I go to Pharaoh and he tells me the Lord did not appear? 251 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,920 The Lord did not send you. 252 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:19,920 God answers providing Moses with all that he needed. 253 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,920 Because what Moses lacked in the natural, God provided in the 254 00:14:23,920 --> 00:14:24,920 supernatural. 255 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:28,920 God gave Moses three examples of the manifestation of his power 256 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:31,920 to use if Pharaoh questioned him. 257 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:32,920 And guess what? 258 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:34,920 Pharaoh questioned him. 259 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:39,920 Because God knew that Pharaoh would challenge Moses. 260 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:47,920 And God knew that Moses would come back to God asking for more. 261 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:52,920 The first example that I want to quickly amen, highlight is the 262 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:53,920 serpent. 263 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:58,920 In Exodus 4 and 3, amen, the Lord asked Moses what he had in his 264 00:14:58,920 --> 00:14:59,920 hand. 265 00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:00,920 He said his staff. 266 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:02,920 He said throw it on the ground. 267 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:06,920 The Bible said it turned to a serpent and he told Moses pick 268 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:07,920 it back up by its tail. 269 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,920 And he said, I will give you the staff. 270 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:15,920 And the serpent came to symbolize Pharaoh's sovereignty, 271 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:19,920 royalty, deity and divine authority in ancient Egypt. 272 00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:23,920 It was used in the headdress of the king of Egypt. 273 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,920 Using the symbolism of the snake, God was showing Moses that he 274 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,920 alone is in control of Egypt and Pharaoh. 275 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:33,920 That Pharaoh was not in control. 276 00:15:33,920 --> 00:15:35,920 God was in control. 277 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,920 The second example is leprosy in Exodus. 278 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:39,920 Excuse me. 279 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,920 There is a picture of the headdress. 280 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:46,920 And if you notice the snake sitting at the head of Pharaoh, 281 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:48,920 the serpent. 282 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:52,920 The second example was the example that God used of leprosy 283 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,920 when he told Moses to put his hand into his coat to take it 284 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:57,920 out. 285 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,920 And the Bible said that his hand would turn to leprosy. 286 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:05,920 And Moses looked at that incurable disease and put it 287 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,920 back in his coat and pull it back out and it was fine all 288 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:10,920 over again. 289 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,920 It was made brand new. 290 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,920 And the leprosy was believed to be a punishment for sin and a 291 00:16:16,920 --> 00:16:20,920 divine curse because it was chronic and an incurable 292 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:21,920 disease. 293 00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:25,920 So the second sign was to show Moses that God intended to 294 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:26,920 punish Pharaoh. 295 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:29,920 Thank God that he fights our battles for us. 296 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:33,920 His intention was to punish Pharaoh for what he had done to 297 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:35,920 his children, to the people of Israel. 298 00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:38,920 And since leprosy was an incurable disease, God would 299 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:41,920 ultimately end Pharaoh and his troops. 300 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:45,920 The third example was the water turning to blood. 301 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,920 This was to show Moses that God is in control even over the 302 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,920 physical land and water of Egypt. 303 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:56,920 It was a sign of God's deity over Egypt. 304 00:16:56,920 --> 00:16:57,920 Amen. 305 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:01,920 You have to remember that no matter what God calls us out to 306 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:05,920 do and no matter whatever situation we find ourselves in 307 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:07,920 that we are not alone. 308 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:08,920 Hallelujah. 309 00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:12,920 And even though we might lack in certain areas and even though 310 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,920 we might not have it all together, God is going to give 311 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:17,920 you every single thing you need. 312 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:20,920 God is going to provide you with everything that you need. 313 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:21,920 Hallelujah. 314 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:23,920 In the natural and in the supernatural. 315 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:24,920 Hallelujah. 316 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:26,920 God is going to give you the faith. 317 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,920 God is going to give you the courage. 318 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:30,920 God is going to give you the boldness. 319 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:31,920 Hallelujah. 320 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:37,920 He even sent his brother with him, the Levite, to speak for 321 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:38,920 Moses. 322 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:43,920 Because Moses told God that he was not an eloquent speaker. 323 00:17:43,920 --> 00:17:47,920 God gave Moses every single thing he needed. 324 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:52,920 And he was trying to get to Moses to understand that he had 325 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:55,920 to trust God without a shadow of a doubt. 326 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:57,920 Because God is true to his word. 327 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:00,920 He will never leave you nor forsake you. 328 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,920 And let me remind you of 1 Chronicles, amen. 329 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:07,920 What David said to Solomon his son, he said be strong and good 330 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:10,920 and be of good courage and do it. 331 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:12,920 Someone say do it. 332 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:17,920 Fear not nor be dismayed for the Lord God, even my God will be 333 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:21,920 with thee and he will not fail thee. 334 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:26,920 Nor forsake thee until thou has finished all the work for the 335 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:29,920 service of the house of the Lord. 336 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:33,920 No matter what God has asked you to do or called you to do, be 337 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:35,920 strong and do it with good courage. 338 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:36,920 Hallelujah. 339 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:42,920 God will be with you until it is finished. 340 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:47,920 That we trust in the Lord with all of our heart and lead not on 341 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:48,920 our own understanding. 342 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:53,920 And always we acknowledge him and he shall direct our path. 343 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:57,920 These signs were given to Moses not only to reassure him that 344 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,920 God was going, hallelujah, to do what he had called it to do, 345 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:06,920 but that God needed for Moses to build up his confidence and his 346 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:11,920 trust in God for what he was about to do with him. 347 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,920 Hallelujah for what Moses was about to do next. 348 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:20,920 Because the next thing that Moses had to do was that he had 349 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:27,920 to implement, excuse me, and he had to exercise his faith. 350 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:32,920 As we move forward in the story of Moses and we move past the 351 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,920 plagues and the Passover in chapters 5-12, that's not to say 352 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:39,920 that these things were not important to discuss or cover, 353 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:45,920 but that we come to a place where Moses is now challenged 354 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:46,920 again. 355 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:51,920 But this time it's his faith, his faith that was tested. 356 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:57,920 When we desire more of God, we must learn to exercise our faith 357 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:02,920 because our faith will be tested. 358 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:08,920 The third, amen, that the trial of our faith or the testing 359 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:13,920 of our faith, being much more precious than gold that 360 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:18,920 perisheth though it be tried with fire, might be found unto 361 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:24,920 praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ. 362 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:30,920 The trial of our faith, the testing of our faith. 363 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:31,920 You want more? 364 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:33,920 I will give you more. 365 00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:35,920 You want to be used? 366 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:36,920 I will use you. 367 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:40,920 But be my friend, don't, hallelujah, dismiss the fact 368 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:44,920 that your faith will surely be tested. 369 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,920 How, amen, how can we not be responsible? 370 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:53,920 How can we not tend to the small things in Christ and expect 371 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:56,920 God to give us greater things? 372 00:20:56,920 --> 00:20:57,920 Hallelujah. 373 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,920 For much is given, much is required. 374 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:05,920 Exodus 14, the Lord says to Moses, tell the Israelites to 375 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:10,920 turn back and encamp near Phiah, Ha-Hirath. 376 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,920 I said it in syllables but I wanted to say it correctly. 377 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,920 Between Middol and the sea, we are talking about faith. 378 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,920 We are talking about faith. 379 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,920 God is telling Moses to go out and encamp. 380 00:21:23,920 --> 00:21:25,920 Remember they are on the run. 381 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:26,920 And Pharaoh is chasing them. 382 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,920 Pharaoh is after them. 383 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:33,920 And they are to encamp by the sea directly opposite of Baal 384 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:35,920 Zephron. 385 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:39,920 And Pharaoh will think the Israelites are wandering around 386 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:44,920 the land in confusion, hemmed or surrounded by the desert. 387 00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,920 And I will harden Pharaoh's heart and he will pursue them. 388 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:53,920 I will gain glory for myself to Pharaoh and all his army. 389 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:57,920 And the Egyptians will know that I am God. 390 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,920 So then the Lord tells him to go and encamp in this area and in 391 00:22:01,920 --> 00:22:05,920 this place right on the edge of the water. 392 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:08,920 And now the Israelites are there, amen. 393 00:22:08,920 --> 00:22:11,920 And they are waiting because God told Moses to wait. 394 00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,920 And they are waiting at the edge of the water. 395 00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:15,920 Amen. 396 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,920 And all of a sudden they look to their left and see Pharaoh's 397 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:20,920 army. 398 00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:26,920 And God did not say that he would harden Pharaoh's heart to 399 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:28,920 follow the Israelites. 400 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:33,920 So then Pharaoh goes and gets 600 of his chariots and the men 401 00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:37,920 and mounts the troops and gets them together and they charge 402 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,920 after, amen, Moses and the Israelites. 403 00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:44,920 The Israelites are sitting there, amen, waiting. 404 00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:46,920 Waiting like sitting ducks. 405 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,920 They look to the left, all they see is desert. 406 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,920 They look to the right, all they see is water. 407 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:56,920 And now they see Pharaoh and the chariots charging towards them. 408 00:22:56,920 --> 00:23:00,920 And they panic and then they look towards Moses and say, 409 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:01,920 what did you do? 410 00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,920 And why did you bring us here? 411 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:05,920 Did you bring us here to die? 412 00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,920 Was this all part of your plan? 413 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,920 Was there not enough graves in Egypt? 414 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,920 Was there not enough of us that died in Egypt that you would 415 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,920 bring us here to die? 416 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,920 Sometimes we find ourselves in these peculiar positions where 417 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:23,920 we look to the right and all we see is water. 418 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:26,920 And we look to the left and all we see is desert. 419 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,920 We look in front of us and behind us and the enemy is 420 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:31,920 charging for us. 421 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:35,920 That's church when our faith needs to kick in. 422 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:39,920 And we need to remind ourselves that God will not leave us nor 423 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:43,920 forsake us and he's not going to take us to a place to die but 424 00:23:43,920 --> 00:23:49,920 he'll take us to a place to bring us to a greater victory. 425 00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,920 It was all a setup. 426 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:56,920 It was all a setup. 427 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:01,920 Sometimes we have to stand firm in our faith because this is 428 00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,920 exactly what Moses did when he responded to the Israelites. 429 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,920 He said, do not be afraid. 430 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:09,920 Stand firm and you will see the deliverance. 431 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,920 The Lord will bring you today. 432 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,920 The Egyptians you see today, well, you will never see again. 433 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:17,920 The Lord will fight for you. 434 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:22,920 You need only to be still. 435 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,920 And sometimes this is all that is required of us is to be 436 00:24:26,920 --> 00:24:28,920 still. 437 00:24:28,920 --> 00:24:31,920 The noise, hallelujah, is getting louder. 438 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:32,920 Be still. 439 00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:34,920 The ground is starting to shake. 440 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,920 Be still. 441 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:38,920 Things start to fall apart. 442 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:39,920 Be still. 443 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:41,920 Doubt starts to settle in. 444 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,920 Be still. 445 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:49,920 Sometimes I got to remind myself, brother Ricky, David, be 446 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:50,920 still. 447 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,920 Don't worry. 448 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:54,920 But God, be still. 449 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:57,920 Lord, be still. 450 00:24:57,920 --> 00:25:02,920 Because God is about to do something great if you would 451 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:10,920 just stand firm and be still. 452 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,920 Moses stood still. 453 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:19,920 And Moses, hallelujah, as a result of this, Moses' faith was 454 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,920 building once again. 455 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,920 And he needed it. 456 00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:28,920 Because what God was going to ask of him to do next could only 457 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,920 be done by faith. 458 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:36,920 Because as Moses stood there, the Lord said to Moses, why are 459 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:38,920 you crying to me? 460 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:43,920 You know sometimes God, amen, you don't need to speak a word to 461 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:44,920 God. 462 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,920 God already knows what you need. 463 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,920 He hears your thoughts. 464 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,920 He hears your heart. 465 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,920 Do you know what God, he can even hear the tears that are 466 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,920 running down your face. 467 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:00,920 He knows why you are crying. 468 00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,920 He knows why you are suffering. 469 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:06,920 And he tells Moses, why are you crying out to me? 470 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,920 Tell the Israelites to move on. 471 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:10,920 Someone say move on. 472 00:26:10,920 --> 00:26:12,920 Raise your staff. 473 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:17,920 Stretch out your hand over the sea and divide the water so the 474 00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:22,920 Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground. 475 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:27,920 Parting the Red Sea was one of the most phenomenal supernatural 476 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:32,920 manifestation of God's power ever to record and be recorded. 477 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,920 The event was a final decisive act in God's delivering his 478 00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:39,920 people from slavery in Egypt. 479 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:44,920 The parting of the Red Sea was truly the birth of a nation. 480 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:49,920 When we desire more of God, he will take us to places that only 481 00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,920 our faith will allow us to see. 482 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,920 Now faith is a substance of things hoped for, the evidence 483 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,920 of things not seen. 484 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:03,920 I want to point out in verse 26 that the Lord said to Moses 485 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,920 when he said stretch out your hand over the sea so that the 486 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:09,920 waters may flow back over. 487 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:13,920 This is after they have crossed through and the sea opened, amen, 488 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,920 in the miracle of the dry ground. 489 00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,920 Because that was a miracle in itself that God made a way but 490 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:21,920 it just wasn't a way. 491 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,920 It was the right way. 492 00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:24,920 Amen. 493 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:27,920 The ground was solid so that the children of God can flee. 494 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:31,920 And when they got to the other side, God told Moses, lift your 495 00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:36,920 staff again and cause the water to come over. 496 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:42,920 To come over the Egyptians and their chariots and the horsemen. 497 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,920 And you know what this tells me? 498 00:27:44,920 --> 00:27:49,920 This tells me that God led Moses to the part of the sea where it 499 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,920 had to be the deepest. 500 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:58,920 It had to be deep enough to flow back over their enemy. 501 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:04,920 And God called Moses to a deeper place with him through Moses' 502 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:05,920 faith. 503 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:12,920 Because we cannot get to that place until we have faith. 504 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,920 God is calling us to a deeper relationship with him. 505 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:21,920 Just like the psalmist says in 42, 7-8, deep calls unto deep 506 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:25,920 understanding of who God is. 507 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,920 Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and 508 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:34,920 unsearchable things you do not know. 509 00:28:34,920 --> 00:28:38,920 A deeper relationship with God. 510 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,920 We will discover unsearchable things. 511 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,920 We will discover things about ourselves that we would never 512 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:49,920 have known, that we would never have seen, that we would never 513 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:56,920 have discovered or uncovered until we got to that deep place. 514 00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:03,920 We must desire more of God to discover his glory. 515 00:29:03,920 --> 00:29:07,920 I'm not talking about what we experienced earlier. 516 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:09,920 That is the spirit of God. 517 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:13,920 And that is God's grace and mercy that he would visit us 518 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:17,920 Sunday after Sunday and allow us to feel his presence. 519 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:19,920 Amen. 520 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,920 That we would open up our mouths and speak in tongues. 521 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:23,920 Hallelujah. 522 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,920 And we can experience heaven on earth. 523 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:26,920 Hallelujah. 524 00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:28,920 I'm not just talking about this. 525 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:30,920 I'm not talking about this. 526 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,920 I'm talking about the manifestation of God's presence 527 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,920 in our services where people will come to the altar and we 528 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,920 don't even have to put our hands on their head. 529 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,920 Brother Ben, we don't even have to pray for them. 530 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,920 And immediately God would fill him with his presence. 531 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:47,920 Hallelujah. 532 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:48,920 Holy Ghost. 533 00:29:48,920 --> 00:29:53,920 I'm talking about a place where legs will start to grow, where 534 00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:55,920 cancer, hallelujah, has to flee. 535 00:29:55,920 --> 00:29:57,920 I've seen it with my own eyes. 536 00:29:57,920 --> 00:29:59,920 I've experienced it. 537 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:01,920 I've shared this with you plenty of times. 538 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:03,920 I've seen people vomit out AIDS. 539 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,920 I've seen people vomit out cancer, disease, sickness. 540 00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,920 I've seen it with my own eyes. 541 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:13,920 This is what I'm talking about. 542 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:16,920 This is a deeper place with God. 543 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:21,920 That we not only just experience this on Sundays but we 544 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:33,920 experience this every single day of our lives. 545 00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:40,920 You know, when my kids are sick or my wife is sick, God bless our 546 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:43,920 doctors, our medical staff, amen, those that are there at 547 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,920 the hospital, amen, we got to use wisdom. 548 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,920 When you got to go get checked, you got to go get checked. 549 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:51,920 Right, you got to go get checked. 550 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:52,920 We got to use wisdom. 551 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:53,920 We can't be ignorant. 552 00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:55,920 We're not ignorant people. 553 00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:56,920 Amen. 554 00:30:56,920 --> 00:30:59,920 But I'm going to tell you one thing that before they leave the 555 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:02,920 house, the first thing I do is ask what's wrong. 556 00:31:02,920 --> 00:31:04,920 The second thing I do is grab my oil. 557 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,920 And the third thing I do is I pray for God to heal them before 558 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:14,920 they leave the house. 559 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:20,920 How can we believe that we serve an all-knowing, all-powerful God 560 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:23,920 and not experience these things in our daily lives? 561 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:28,920 Why can we go out to the sick and pray for them and God heals 562 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,920 them immediately? 563 00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,920 When is the last time your shadow casted over someone and 564 00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,920 they were healed? 565 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,920 The Bible says it happened to Peter. 566 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:43,920 Peter wasn't praying. 567 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:48,920 Peter wasn't speaking in tongues. 568 00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:51,920 Peter was walking with God. 569 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,920 Because it wasn't Peter's shadow that healed. 570 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,920 It was God's power that healed. 571 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,920 God is calling us to this deeper place. 572 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:07,920 On Moses' journey, amen, the burning bush, the burning bush 573 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:08,920 experience. 574 00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,920 Being called out, amen, on the backside of the wilderness. 575 00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:15,920 And now being in front of Pharaoh commanding him to let 576 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:16,920 God's people go. 577 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:17,920 Amen. 578 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:22,920 For the parting of the Red Sea and the destroying of the 579 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:25,920 Pharaohs and the chariots and all the horsemen. 580 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:29,920 All of these things God was building up his faith. 581 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,920 God was building up his trust. 582 00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:38,920 God got Moses to the point where now Moses can go deeper. 583 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,920 Now Moses can go deeper. 584 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,920 Now we ask ourselves how much deeper can we go? 585 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:49,920 How further, hallelujah, deeper can Moses go? 586 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,920 The burning bush experience probably would have been enough 587 00:32:52,920 --> 00:32:55,920 for me. 588 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,920 The Bible says that it was on fire, amen. 589 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,920 But the fire did not consume it. 590 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:05,920 Maybe parting of the Red Sea might have been good enough for 591 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:06,920 you. 592 00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,920 For God to tell you to stand there, brother Isaias, raise 593 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:11,920 your staff. 594 00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:14,920 And you just saw the wilderness part. 595 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,920 That might have been good enough. 596 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:18,920 The plagues, amen. 597 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:23,920 Or how about the writing of the Ten Commandments? 598 00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:26,920 That might have been good enough. 599 00:33:26,920 --> 00:33:29,920 Hallelujah, but I want to thank God today. 600 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,920 Hallelujah, that that was not good enough. 601 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:33,920 That was not good enough. 602 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,920 The signs and miracles and the wonders that you have seen in 603 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,920 your life, I want to tell you today that that is not good 604 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:40,920 enough. 605 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:41,920 Why? 606 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:43,920 Because you serve a greater God. 607 00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:44,920 Hallelujah. 608 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,920 That is just the tip of the iceberg of what God wants to 609 00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,920 show you and what God wants to do in your life. 610 00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:51,920 Hallelujah. 611 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,920 He has brought you from victory to victory. 612 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,920 He has conquered your trials. 613 00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:57,920 Amen. 614 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:01,920 He has helped you through it all to get you to a deeper place. 615 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,920 And this is exactly where Moses ended up. 616 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,920 Brother Ricky. 617 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,920 You can stand with me. 618 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:15,920 Moses got to a place, amen. 619 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:18,920 He got to a place, amen. 620 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,920 A place, amen, where he desired God. 621 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:25,920 Moses desired more of God. 622 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:31,920 Moses, hallelujah, did not only desire more of God, he demanded 623 00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:33,920 it. 624 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,920 Moses, he demanded it. 625 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:43,920 Exodus 33, 18, then Moses said, now show me your glory. 626 00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:49,920 In pursuit of our God, we finally get to the place. 627 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:51,920 Amen. 628 00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:54,920 Where we are no longer asking for it. 629 00:34:54,920 --> 00:35:00,920 We are no longer asking God, Lord, let me feel you, Lord. 630 00:35:00,920 --> 00:35:03,920 Lord, let me touch you, God. 631 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,920 Lord, why don't you use me, Jesus. 632 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,920 Lord, why don't you do this and do that, God. 633 00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,920 I want to experience you in such a greater way. 634 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:17,920 We get to a place now where we demand God. 635 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,920 Just like Moses did. 636 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:26,920 Their burning bush experience wasn't enough. 637 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:31,920 Telling Pharaoh to let God's people go wasn't enough. 638 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:35,920 The parting of the Red Sea, it wasn't enough. 639 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:40,920 Manna and quail falling from heaven wasn't enough. 640 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:46,920 Speaking to God, remember the tent meeting where the Bible 641 00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,920 said that God would speak to Moses if he was speaking to him 642 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:51,920 face to face. 643 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,920 That still wasn't enough. 644 00:35:54,920 --> 00:36:02,920 Moses desired, he desired to see the glory of God. 645 00:36:02,920 --> 00:36:07,920 Show me your glory, Moses cried out. 646 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:11,920 And you could tell by his response that he was anxious 647 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:16,920 because prior to saying that, the Bible says that Moses said 648 00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:20,920 to the Lord, you have been telling me, oh, how long has 649 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,920 God been telling you it's going to happen? 650 00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:27,920 How long have you been hearing, hold on, God is going to make 651 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:28,920 away? 652 00:36:28,920 --> 00:36:31,920 How long have you been hearing hallelujah, just keep praying 653 00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,920 about it, brother, God is going to answer that prayer. 654 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:38,920 How many times have you heard, just keep coming to church, be 655 00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:43,920 faithful and God hallelujah will answer. 656 00:36:43,920 --> 00:36:48,920 Moses says you've been telling me, lead these people, but you 657 00:36:48,920 --> 00:36:54,920 have not let me know who you will send with me. 658 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:59,920 See, this time God wasn't sending anybody with Moses. 659 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:01,920 God didn't send any signs. 660 00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:06,920 God didn't do anything to convince anybody otherwise. 661 00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:11,920 God wanted Moses to remember that it was him that was with 662 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:14,920 him all along. 663 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:21,920 Moses says you have said I know you by my name and you have 664 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,920 found favor with me. 665 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:28,920 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so that I may 666 00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:33,920 know you and continue to find favor with you. 667 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:39,920 Remember that this nation is your people. 668 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:44,920 After Moses questions God yet again about being pleased with 669 00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:50,920 him, the Lord responds to Moses in verse 17. 670 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:54,920 He says, and the Lord said to Moses, I will do the very thing 671 00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:59,920 you have asked because I am pleased with you and I know you 672 00:37:59,920 --> 00:38:01,920 by name. 673 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:06,920 So the Lord acknowledged all these things. 674 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:10,920 But it wasn't good enough for Moses. 675 00:38:10,920 --> 00:38:14,920 He said, I know you are with me, God, and I know that you 676 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:18,920 called me by my name because I answered you. 677 00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,920 And I know that you provided every single thing for me, God, 678 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,920 that I needed on this journey. 679 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:29,920 But he said, God, hallelujah, that is still not enough. 680 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:34,920 Show me your glory, God. 681 00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:39,920 Show me your glory, Lord. 682 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:44,920 Lord, I want to see you like no one ever has. 683 00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:51,920 I want to see the manifestation of your power in my life, God. 684 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:57,920 Lord, show me your glory. 685 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:02,920 In our pursuit after God, hallelujah. 686 00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:07,920 It's not good enough just to pursue his presence. 687 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:11,920 It's not good enough just to pursue after the gifts. 688 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,920 It's not good enough just to pursue after the blessing 689 00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:15,920 church. 690 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:17,920 All of those are great. 691 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:21,920 And all of those are promises that God has promised unto us, 692 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,920 hallelujah. 693 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:29,920 But today, hallelujah, the Lord is asking, hallelujah, do you 694 00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:33,920 desire more of me? 695 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:37,920 Do you desire more of me? 696 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:40,920 Of my glory, hallelujah. 697 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:46,920 Moses, hallelujah, just caught a glimpse of God's glory. 698 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:52,920 Because he told Moses, if you see the front side, you'll die. 699 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:57,920 But I'm going to give you a glimpse of my glory, Moses.