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Don’t Miss the Moment
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by David Huff
hroughout the Bible, in both the Old and New
One of my favorite moments is when I am praying for
Testaments, people were given moments by God
someone, and at the end, they look at me with tears in their
to impact their surroundings. In some cases, the
eyes and say, “How did you know?” The truth is I did not
moment was seized, and great things happened. In other
know, it was all God, and I chose to allow Him to speak
moments, they were missed, and the people suffered for it.
through me. That is a moment that I have missed many times
In Numbers 13, Joshua was given an opportunity to seize
in the past. When God has placed something on my heart and
the moment when he was included as one of the twelve spies
I choose not to speak it, only to find out it was something the
who entered into the land of promise to do surveillance.
person was struggling with. I missed my moment.
This was a moment that Joshua did not turn down. When Joshua and Caleb returned, they gave their recommendation
In this very moment, God is creating moments for us as believers of Jesus Christ to reach into the darkness and
for the people of God to take their moment and enter into the promised land. Unfortunately, the people resisted because they were afraid, and they missed their moment. As a result of this, they wandered in the desert for many years afterward. In Joshua 1, Joshua is given another moment, and this time it was for him to lead his people into the land of promise. Moses had passed away and Joshua was now leading the Israelites. He could have easily said, “No, they are bigger and stronger than we are,” and chosen not to go on, but he seized the moment, and the result was the Israelites walked into the land of promise. While many of us may never lead a group of people into their promised land, each of us is given
deliver light into someone. It could be as simple as sharing
moments to impact someone’s life. The person you take
your testimony. The moment we are given could have as
a seat next to at a restaurant and God tells you to talk to
much impact on us as it does on the other person. When
them. The co-worker who is struggling with inner turmoil
we act in obedience to God, the impact could end up taking
and God says to help them. The person you run into in the
us to a new level that we never dreamed possible. Keep
grocery store and God tells you to pray for them. These are
your eyes open for the moments that God orchestrates right
all moments that God sends to each of us every day. What
before your eyes.
we be like Joshua, seize the moment, and someone’s life changes before our eyes?
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About The Author
excuse can we come up with to miss our moment? Can My name is David Huff. I am married to Brittany, and together we have five wonderful kids. We attend Rock Bridge Community Church Calhoun where I serve on the prayer team, host team, and I am a small group co-leader. I am also a senior at Lee University.
