Hey there! It's Tuesday and it's time for another edition of Tuesday's Musical Notes, a blog written by a music lover for music lovers of all shapes, sizes, and ear preferences. (Not your physical ear but the style of music you like to listen to, just in case that got weird really quickly!)
One of the reasons The Notes exists is to help music lovers discover new things. Sometimes the discovery exists in the form of a new song, like today, but other times more exploration is needed to bring the revelation about. Who knows, there may even need to be a sign of some sort, maybe like a bush that is on fire but is never consumed by the flame, to bring about the introduction of a new concept to you. Voila! A discovery!!! Never fret, whenever you feel like your left by yourself, Tuesday's Musical Notes is here to cheer, we can hear your cry for help...(even if you are in the mountains, maybe...tending sheep or doing backflips)
Much was accomplished by the 6 member band HomeTown in their brief, two-year existence. After a 1000 person search throughout the Emerald Isle, Louis Walsh, the band's manager, put together the singers from all over Ireland who would make up HomeTown. While not known well outside of The Land of Saints and Scholars, they made an immediate impact on the IRL (Irish Music Charts) with the first two singles from their debut album going all the way to #1 in their native land. They also performed in the Coca- Cola Music Experience with Meghan Trainor to a sold-out Barclaycard Center in Madrid, Spain. After achieving such highs in Europe, the band members decided to go on hiatus to pursue individual projects. "If we get a little lost and lose our way..." That's a shame for a band with such promise and maybe even a calling...
Another man with promise is the Bible character Moses. Many folks know about the burning bush incident and the Ten Commandments, but there is much more about the life of Moses that we can unpack. For instance, Moses was in the process of minding his own business, tending to the sheep of his now father-in-law, when God shows up and lets Moses know that He will be integral to the plan that God uses to answer the cry for help from the Israelites who are still in bondage in Egypt. Here's the familiar story:
The recurring truth of the Bible is that God is always faithful. He never changes! He is omnipresent and hears the cries for help of those who call on His Name. In this case, the cries for help came from the nation of Israel as it was struggling under the burdensome bondage and slavery of the Egyptians.
After being discovered as a murderer, Moses high tales it out of Egypt and heads for a place where no one knows his name. He assists some shepherdess' at a well and was identified as an Egyptian by the ladies he helped (guilt by association?). The ladies take him to their father Jethro, (the priest of Midian) who gave Moses a job, and one of his daughters as a wife. Moses begins his life as a husband, father, and nomadic shepherd when the Israelite's cry for help impacted his life in a major way.
The shepherd Moses now becomes God's response to the cry for help that we read about in today's focal passage. God got Moses' attention by the miracle of the bush that was not consumed by fire. "Some kind of sign, sign. Something to find, find". God got more than Moses' attention when He told Moses what was about to happen. Moses did not understand completely what the plan was. Moses was not bold in his agreement with God's request. Moses did not want to do it. After all, Moses was a wanted man in Egypt. Moses made excuse after excuse attempting to find a way out of this situation. Based on this story of Moses back and forth with God, can we really know what stress is... I mean, have you ever tried to argue with God? "No matter what the others say, all you need to know is..." The cry for help was being answered and Moses was to be the instrument that God would use to bring about the deliverance of a nation.
Moses was like so many of us. Folks all over the world are crying out for help with a myriad of issues. Whether they realize it or not, their main issue is they are not a part of God's family. Yes, their sighs and groans may be about hazards that are causing their life to be unsettled or hard, but the real problem is that they are separated from Creator God. God has heard their cry and He has called us to share His deliverance with them and show them miracles that only He can perform. The biggest miracle they will see comes in the form of a changed life.
We may not be bold, or willing. We may be scared and threatened. We may make excuse after excuse of why we are not the person for the job. We may be completely stressed out by what God is asking us to do, but if we will be faithful, so will our unchanging God. The result? People will be delivered. 1 John 1:5-10 NASB/The Message/KJV
How has God gifted you to provide deliverance to others? What talents do you have that you should surrender to God so that others may be freed? How will you answer their cries for help?
Maybe this is your sign, sign. Maybe this is your burning bush moment. Don't wait. Now is the time for you to answer a cry for help...
'Til Tuesday,
Serving HIM by serving You,
Randy
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