Welcome to Pomoja Podcast, a ministry of Life
of Christ International Ministries, where we
build stronger lives, deeper faith, and Christ
-centered homes through biblical teaching, practical
wisdom, and life -changing conversations. I'm
your host, Barry Mwamba. Today, we continue exploring
one of the most comforting truths in all of scripture,
the providence of God, the invisible hand of
God, quietly working behind the scenes, guiding,
preparing. opening doors, closing others, leading
his children even when they cannot yet see where
the road is taking them. Last time, we discovered
something remarkable. God's greatest work isn't
always revealed through spectacular miracles.
Sometimes, His greatest work is happening quietly
through ordinary days, ordinary conversations,
ordinary decisions, ordinary seasons of life.
Today, I want to take you one step deeper. Because
if Joseph teaches us that God works through betrayal,
then Moses teaches us that God works through
waiting. Imagine being Moses, 40 years old, raised
in Pharaoh's palace, educated, powerful, influential.
Perhaps he believed, this is the moment God is
going to use me. Then everything changed. One
decision, one mistake, one act of impatience.
Suddenly, the prince became a fugitive. The palace
became the wilderness. Influence became isolation.
Can you imagine waking up the next morning? No
servants. No palace. No title. No recognition.
Just sheep. Day after day. Week after week. Month
after month. Year after year. 40 years. 40 years
doing something that probably felt insignificant.
40 years wondering if God's purpose had passed
him by. How many of us? would have concluded,
I missed my calling. But what Moses called delay,
God called preparation. Think about it. How could
Moses lead Israel through a wilderness if he
had never learned the wilderness? How could he
trust God for daily provision if he had always
lived in Pharaoh's abundance? How could he shepherd
millions if he had never first learned to shepherd
sheep? The desert wasn't punishment. The desert
was preparation. Sometimes The place you want
to escape is the very place God is using to prepare
you. Then one ordinary morning, Moses climbed
another mountain, probably one he had climbed
many times before. Nothing seemed unusual, nothing
extraordinary. He wasn't looking for a miracle.
He was simply being faithful with today's assignment.
Then one bush began to burn. Think about this.
The miracle wasn't only that the bush burned
without being consumed. The miracle was that
while Moses thought he had been forgotten, God
had been preparing him for 40 years. Providence
had been working long before the burning bush
appeared. Perhaps that's why we become discouraged
too quickly. We celebrate the moment of calling,
but we underestimate the years of preparation.
God rarely prepares us publicly. Most of his
greatest work happens in private. Now let me
take you to another young man, David. I absolutely
love this story. Because David wasn't chasing
greatness, he was carrying lunch. His father
simply said, take food to your brothers. That's
it. No prophecy that morning, no angel, no announcement.
Just a father asking his son to perform an ordinary
family responsibility. Can I be honest? Most
of us would have considered that assignment too
small, too ordinary, too insignificant. Yet hidden
inside that ordinary assignment was Goliath.
David wasn't looking for a giant. The giant was
waiting for David. If David had refused to carry
lunch, he would have missed the battlefield.
If he had despised the small assignment, he would
have missed the historic one. That makes me wonder
how many opportunities from God are hidden inside
responsibilities we consider too ordinary. Sometimes
we pray, Lord, reveal my purpose, and God quietly
answers, be faithful with today's assignment.
Because today's obedience often becomes tomorrow's
platform. Never underestimate what God can do
through one simple act of faithfulness. Then
comes Nehemiah, one of my favorite examples of
God's providence. Because nothing supernatural
appears to happen. No burning bush, no angel,
no vision, no voice from heaven. Just a conversation.
Nehemiah was serving as the king's cup bearer.
Every day looked the same. The same palace, The
same king, the same routine. Until one day, someone
arrived from Jerusalem. Nehemiah asked a simple
question. How are the people? How is Jerusalem?
The answer changed everything. The walls are
broken down. The gates have been burned. Everybody
heard the same report, but only one man carried
the burden. Later, Nehemiah writes something
beautiful. My God put it into my heart. I love
those words. because they remind us that God
doesn't always speak through thunder. Sometimes,
He speaks through a burden that refuses to leave
your heart. Everybody notices problems. Not everybody
receives an assignment. Could it be that the
thing you cannot stop praying about, the injustice
that deeply moves you, the people who constantly
remain on your heart, the ministry that keeps
returning to your thoughts, isn't random? Could
it be that God is quietly placing His purpose
inside you? Sometimes, Calling doesn't arrive
as a lightning bolt. Sometimes it begins as a
burden. I've learned something over the years.
The longer I walk with Christ, the less I chase
dramatic experiences. Instead, I've learned to
treasure daily fellowship with him. Because the
closer you walk with the shepherd, the more familiar
his voice becomes. Jesus said, my sheep hear
my voice. For most believers, that voice is recognized
through a life immersed in scripture. through
prayer, through quiet conviction, through the
Holy Spirit shaping our hearts, through wisdom,
through open doors, through closed doors, through
burdens, through providence. And the beautiful
thing is this, the shepherd still knows how to
lead his sheep, even when they cannot yet see
where he is taking them. Next time, we'll discover
something even more amazing. We'll meet two women,
Esther and Ruth, two ordinary lives. that changed
history forever. Not because they witnessed spectacular
miracles, but because God was quietly writing
His greatest work behind the scenes. Until then,
remember this. Never confuse God's silence with
God's absence. While you are waiting, He is working.
While you are wondering, He is preparing. And
while you are faithfully walking, He is already
arranging tomorrow. Together in faith, together
in Christ.