Psalm 105:28-45 (KJV): He opened the rock, and waters gushed out

From Psalms

Psalm 105:28-45

²⁸He sent darkness, and made it dark;
      and they rebelled not against his word.
²⁹He turned their waters into blood,
      and slew their fish.
³⁰Their land brought forth frogs in abundance,
      in the chambers of their kings.
³¹He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies,
      and lice in all their coasts.
³²He gave them hail for rain,
      and flaming fire in their land.
³³He smote their vines also and their fig trees;
      and brake the trees of their coasts.
³⁴He spake, and the locusts came,
      and caterpillers, and that without number,
³⁵And did eat up all the herbs in their land,
      and devoured the fruit of their ground.
³⁶He smote also all the firstborn in their land,
      the chief of all their strength.

³⁷He brought them forth also with silver and gold:
      and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
³⁸Egypt was glad when they departed:
      for the fear of them fell upon them.
³⁹He spread a cloud for a covering;
      and fire to give light in the night.
⁴⁰The people asked, and he brought quails,
      and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
⁴¹He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out;
      they ran in the dry places like a river.

⁴²For he remembered his holy promise,
      and Abraham his servant.
⁴³And he brought forth his people with joy,
      and his chosen with gladness:
⁴⁴And gave them the lands of the heathen:
      and they inherited the labour of the people;
⁴⁵That they might observe his statutes,
      and keep his laws.

Praise ye the LORD.  (Hallelu Yah)

God had big plans for Moses - and the psalmist shows Gods power and how he uses people in Psalm 105. It's Psalms like these that make me ask "What is is God's will (or plan) for my life?" When I ask this question I'm usually thinking in terms of what I'm doing. Whether that's volunteering my time or whether that's going abroad as part of a mission group, which I have been considering for many years. I realized in reading Praying Like Jesus by James Mulholland that that's not necessarily how God sees it.

I think He is more concerned with, as Mulholland puts so eloquently in his book, who each of us become more than what we do. He goes on to say that we need focus on God's will before our own needs, as Jesus showed in Matthew 6. He further goes on to say in order to focus on the will of God we must focus on the kingdom of God. This he shows using Luke 21 (KJV) that the kingdom of God is within you. So when we pray, "Thy kingdom come," we are making a commitment to allow the allow God's kingdom to be established through us.

So, as I seek His plan for me I will not be trying to replicate Moses' or David's greatness. I will be looking to make good decisions and looking for ways to establish His kingdom. I will be looking and praying for ways that my life reflects his love and for ways to become a good peron. One day at a time.

Thanks for letting me share.