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Welcome to Pomoja Podcast, a ministry of Life

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of Christ International Ministries, where we

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build stronger lives, deeper faith, and Christ

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-centered homes through biblical teaching, practical

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wisdom, and life -changing conversations. I'm

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your host, Barry Mwamba. Today, we continue exploring

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one of the most comforting truths in all of scripture,

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the providence of God, the invisible hand of

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God, quietly working behind the scenes, guiding,

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preparing. opening doors, closing others, leading

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his children even when they cannot yet see where

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the road is taking them. Last time, we discovered

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something remarkable. God's greatest work isn't

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always revealed through spectacular miracles.

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Sometimes, His greatest work is happening quietly

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through ordinary days, ordinary conversations,

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ordinary decisions, ordinary seasons of life.

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Today, I want to take you one step deeper. Because

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if Joseph teaches us that God works through betrayal,

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then Moses teaches us that God works through

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waiting. Imagine being Moses, 40 years old, raised

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in Pharaoh's palace, educated, powerful, influential.

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Perhaps he believed, this is the moment God is

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going to use me. Then everything changed. One

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decision, one mistake, one act of impatience.

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Suddenly, the prince became a fugitive. The palace

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became the wilderness. Influence became isolation.

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Can you imagine waking up the next morning? No

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servants. No palace. No title. No recognition.

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Just sheep. Day after day. Week after week. Month

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after month. Year after year. 40 years. 40 years

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doing something that probably felt insignificant.

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40 years wondering if God's purpose had passed

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him by. How many of us? would have concluded,

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I missed my calling. But what Moses called delay,

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God called preparation. Think about it. How could

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Moses lead Israel through a wilderness if he

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had never learned the wilderness? How could he

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trust God for daily provision if he had always

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lived in Pharaoh's abundance? How could he shepherd

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millions if he had never first learned to shepherd

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sheep? The desert wasn't punishment. The desert

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was preparation. Sometimes The place you want

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to escape is the very place God is using to prepare

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you. Then one ordinary morning, Moses climbed

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another mountain, probably one he had climbed

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many times before. Nothing seemed unusual, nothing

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extraordinary. He wasn't looking for a miracle.

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He was simply being faithful with today's assignment.

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Then one bush began to burn. Think about this.

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The miracle wasn't only that the bush burned

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without being consumed. The miracle was that

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while Moses thought he had been forgotten, God

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had been preparing him for 40 years. Providence

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had been working long before the burning bush

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appeared. Perhaps that's why we become discouraged

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too quickly. We celebrate the moment of calling,

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but we underestimate the years of preparation.

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God rarely prepares us publicly. Most of his

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greatest work happens in private. Now let me

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take you to another young man, David. I absolutely

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love this story. Because David wasn't chasing

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greatness, he was carrying lunch. His father

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simply said, take food to your brothers. That's

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it. No prophecy that morning, no angel, no announcement.

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Just a father asking his son to perform an ordinary

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family responsibility. Can I be honest? Most

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of us would have considered that assignment too

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small, too ordinary, too insignificant. Yet hidden

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inside that ordinary assignment was Goliath.

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David wasn't looking for a giant. The giant was

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waiting for David. If David had refused to carry

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lunch, he would have missed the battlefield.

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If he had despised the small assignment, he would

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have missed the historic one. That makes me wonder

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how many opportunities from God are hidden inside

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responsibilities we consider too ordinary. Sometimes

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we pray, Lord, reveal my purpose, and God quietly

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answers, be faithful with today's assignment.

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Because today's obedience often becomes tomorrow's

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platform. Never underestimate what God can do

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through one simple act of faithfulness. Then

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comes Nehemiah, one of my favorite examples of

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God's providence. Because nothing supernatural

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appears to happen. No burning bush, no angel,

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no vision, no voice from heaven. Just a conversation.

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Nehemiah was serving as the king's cup bearer.

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Every day looked the same. The same palace, The

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same king, the same routine. Until one day, someone

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arrived from Jerusalem. Nehemiah asked a simple

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question. How are the people? How is Jerusalem?

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The answer changed everything. The walls are

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broken down. The gates have been burned. Everybody

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heard the same report, but only one man carried

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the burden. Later, Nehemiah writes something

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beautiful. My God put it into my heart. I love

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those words. because they remind us that God

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doesn't always speak through thunder. Sometimes,

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He speaks through a burden that refuses to leave

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your heart. Everybody notices problems. Not everybody

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receives an assignment. Could it be that the

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thing you cannot stop praying about, the injustice

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that deeply moves you, the people who constantly

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remain on your heart, the ministry that keeps

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returning to your thoughts, isn't random? Could

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it be that God is quietly placing His purpose

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inside you? Sometimes, Calling doesn't arrive

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as a lightning bolt. Sometimes it begins as a

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burden. I've learned something over the years.

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The longer I walk with Christ, the less I chase

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dramatic experiences. Instead, I've learned to

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treasure daily fellowship with him. Because the

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closer you walk with the shepherd, the more familiar

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his voice becomes. Jesus said, my sheep hear

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my voice. For most believers, that voice is recognized

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through a life immersed in scripture. through

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prayer, through quiet conviction, through the

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Holy Spirit shaping our hearts, through wisdom,

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through open doors, through closed doors, through

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burdens, through providence. And the beautiful

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thing is this, the shepherd still knows how to

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lead his sheep, even when they cannot yet see

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where he is taking them. Next time, we'll discover

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something even more amazing. We'll meet two women,

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Esther and Ruth, two ordinary lives. that changed

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history forever. Not because they witnessed spectacular

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miracles, but because God was quietly writing

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His greatest work behind the scenes. Until then,

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remember this. Never confuse God's silence with

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God's absence. While you are waiting, He is working.

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While you are wondering, He is preparing. And

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while you are faithfully walking, He is already

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arranging tomorrow. Together in faith, together

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in Christ.