WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR GOD? ( Part 7)

The Staff of God or the Staff of Moses?
Ex 4:1 Then Moses answered and said, "What if they will not believe me, or listen to what I say? For they may say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.'" 2 And the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he said, "A staff." 3 Then He said, "Throw it on the ground." So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. 4 But the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand and grasp it by its tail" — so he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand — 5 "that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you."… 17 And you shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs." …20 So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand.

THE STAFF OF MOSES:
Moses believed in God (as we do) but he wanted proof that he will be successful and be accepted by the people. Moses carried a STAFF. God told him to throw it on the ground and lo and behold, IT BECAME A SERPENT! Moses was so startled and frightened that he ran away from the serpent although he knew it was his staff that became a serpent. When Moses picked it up again by its tail- as instructed by God- the serpent became a staff again; no more tail, no more fangs, just a very ordinary staff.

THE STAFF OF GOD.
Later God told Moses to take the staff with him when he returns to Egypt. Then, in verse 20, the staff that was really the staff of Moses was given a new name: Staff of God. With it Moses would later perform great miracles and also with it, he parted the red sea to allow the people to walk on dry ground from what was, hours before, a body of water.

THE STAFF OF POWER AND VICTORY.
Did you notice? The Staff of Moses became the Staff of god and with it came the victory of Moses. When something we own is offered to God and used for His glory, it assumes a new name- God’s…. whatever the thing is. Imagine you have a jeep, you offer it to God and it becomes God’s jeep. You can expect success with it. You have a hardware store, you offer it to God; it becomes God’s hardware. Expect success. Anything in your hand that you offer to God becomes God’s property by the reason of it having been offered. God will use it to bless you.