EXCITEMENT OF A CHILD
Today's reading: Exodus 5-7

"Now you will see what I will do to Pharoah, the Lord told Moses. When he feels my powerful hand upon him, he will let the people go. In fact, he will be so anxious to get rid of them that he will force them to leave this land!" Exodus 6:1 NLT

I had the opportunity last summer to be the master teacher at two Vacation Bible Schools where Moses, the plagues and the great exodus were the main lessons.

I LOVED IT!

The kids were wonderful. The material was inspiring. The time I spent studying and presenting was some of my most precious time in the Lord. I learned so much.

I also saw excitement in the kids eyes when at the end of our first night together, after telling them about Moses going to see Pharoah and Pharoah refusing to listen to God, quoting this verse...

'NOW you will see what I will do...'

And then stopping the lesson for the evening.

I had kids moaning wanting to know what happened next.

I had kids stay after class asking me what was going to happen in 'the rest of the story'.

I had kids even ask me where in the Bible that account was so they could look it up and read it for themselves.

JACKPOT! Excitement for God's Word and anticipation for what God is going to do!

To have the mind of a child would be a grand thing--especially when it came to what God was up to.

When was the last time you couldn't put your Bible down--because you had to read just a little more?

When was the last time you heard God whisper, 'Now I'm going to step in and do a great work'--and you believed Him? Wholeheartedly? Like wholeheartedly enough to step out of a boat? Or build an ark? Or trust Him?

When was the last time a sermon led you to dig deeper, want to know more, hungry for God's Truth?

When was the last time you looked at the night sky and wondered at His creativity and imagination?

When was the last time you took Him at His word--believing Him with the faith the size of a mustard seed, no matter what you did or didn't see happening?

Oh, to have the excitable mind of a child!