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August, 2003
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Not Just Pie In The Sky #265
Many people have a fixation against Christianity. They are hung up on what they view as pie in the sky by and by.If Christianity has nothing to do with the day-to-day grind we experience on the job, what good is it? Christianity does promise the joy of blissful existence free from all sorrow in the life to come. But what about now? Well, it is not all just pie in the sky. The faithful saints of old realized this. Take Moses as an example. Moses enjoyed all the pleasures the world this day had to offer. He was the right hand man to the king of Egypt. He had wealth, prestige, and overwhelming authority. Yet he forsook it all to lead the Jewish people out of slavery. Against insurmountable odds he led the people out of Egypt and through the desert to the Promised Land. The Egyptian sorcerers cast their spells against him. Pharaoh chased him. The people being delivered grumbled against him and challenged his leadership. Yet Moses organized the people, built a center for worship, and led the people on. How did he do it? Where did he get the strength to carry on? The strength came from God. The courage came from God. Listen to this description of Moses. "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 passing 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). We can endure all sorts of hardships and trials if we know the final reward will be great. Moses' faith in Christ sustained him. Faith in Jesus Christ sustains us in the same way today.
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