Ex 2:17; Then the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. ~ NKJV
How the site of a woman gives strength to a desolate man ONLY GOD is able to tell. So here goes Moses sited by the well, seeking refreshment from a journey traveled so far, distant from the privileges of royalty he shared in the palace all his life and yet appearing to gather strength at the sight of ladies in a time of weakness. Perhaps, the shepherds had seen him and underestimated his ability to do a thing OR maybe they had listened to his story and pitied the poor man. Could the Shepherds have been accustomed to fighting these ladies at the well? Well, quite a number of questions at the WELL.
Are there things in your life that make you get up and pick a battle irrespective of the fresh scars you have from your most recent battles. Do you, as Moses, sit by the well till the shepherds around you begin to push away that which seems to bring life in you? As i read this verse, i am pointed to the truth that Life always guarantees us battles no matter where we are BUT what inspires us to pick these battles is often the light that flickers on the inside of us.
BUT MOSES STOOD UP AND HELPED THEM... I read an interesting quote that said, When men lay down, sit up. When they sit up, stand up. When they stand up, stand firm and when they stand firm, Stand out. I often believe that standing Up is a place of decision making. Where one decides to make a choice and accept the consequences there after. I, however, believe that when you stand up is often as important as why you do. Could Moses have only been attracted to the beauty of one of the ladies? Was he merely disturbed by the conduct of the shepherds towards the women at the well OR could this have been Destiny, a light that flickered in the heart of the Man who understood the time and seized the chance.......
The ability within us to discern the battles we ought to fight seems to have the aspect of TIME attached to it. More often than not, chances are availed to us amidst times of confusion, or when others underestimate us or even when we seem like we don't really know what lies ahead of us. It is in these moments that we pick up the strength to STAND UP and unknowingly begin to put the seemingly fuzzy pictures of life's puzzle together. You are not sited at the well ONLY to mourn and seek refreshment BY YOURSELF. You are there for such a time as that because there is a connection to the next path of your life. MAY THE EYES OF OUR UNDERSTANDING BE ENLIGHTENED TO KNOW THE TIME, TIMES AND THE TIMING, knowing that there are no occasions of "JUST".......For OUR GOD leaves nothing to chance.
"You cannot choose a battlefield, God does that for you: BUT you can plant a standard where a standard never flew." ~ Nathalia Crane
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