Go into the Unknown (Ex. 1-3)

I'm a huge fan of the unknown! Expect the unexpected is one of NCC's twelve core values that are part of the DNA of National Community Church. I often felt better knowing that someone else also went into the unknown places, expecting the unexpected. Moses was someone who faced something unexpected and radiant! The burning bush!

Moses grew up in Egyptian's palace. Suddenly, one day he decided to kill an Egyptian for a Hebrew. He fled from Pharaoh into the unknown place. He sat down by a well in the land of Midian. He didn't know anyone there. He didn't know the place. He failed. What a loser!

God saw that the well-intended murderer was where he was supposed to be. Moses might've thought that he failed. He came from the almost everythingness into the nothingness. But in the dictionary, heavens' edition, everythingness without obedience is nothing. In the nothingness, God shaped Moses, away from his homeland, for the radiant obedience! Later, God sent Moses to lead Israelities out of Egypt into the wilderness, the unknown.

In the 'By Faith' hall of fame, the name of Abraham appeared. Under his name you will read, "By faith Abraham obeyed... And he went out, not knowing where he was going... by faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land [as in the known land], living in tents..." Hebrews 11:8-9. Like Moses, he went out into the unknown. But seventy-five years old Abram left his home out of obedience.

Actually, based on the Jewish history of Abram, Abram lived in a hidden cave where he watched the sun, the moon and the stars coming and going until he was 10 years old; he believed the Lord. Then he went to live with Noah and Shem for many years before he confronted his father, Terah. He destroyed the gods, causing the troubles. God preserved Abram. And then God sent him out.

It's amazing how both Moses and Abram had to live in the unknown before they became the godly men! Uncertain? Worried? Lonely? Let us tell ourselves, "Oh heck, God's taking care of us all!" Let us meditate upon His words day and night to strengthen ourselves for our mini-unknown adventure! Channel our minds onto the right things, onto His words. Just one more hour. Just a bit more!