Moses: The Murderer God Used

IT IS NOT TOO LATE: God Uses Broken People Sermon Series

Moses: The Murderer God Used

KEY PASSAGE: Exodus 3:1–10 (NASB)

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PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

Heavenly Father, we pray that the Holy Spirit guides and enlightens us as we share Your faithful word, filled with power and truth. May Your word uplift those who are down this morning, ignite inspiration to those who need it, and strengthen those who are weak. We also pray that You bless the giving (the tithe and the offering) as we honor You with our gifts, and may our giving be used to advance the Kingdom of God. We offer this prayer in the name of Jesus, Amen.

Declaration of Faith in God

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SERMON INTRODUCTION

Last week, my friend and colleague, Pastor Rich Henry from Amherst Church of the Nazarene, preached at our church in my absence, and I hope you all enjoyed Pastor Rich’s sermon. He said he had a wonderful worship experience here at the church. And so, I want to say “thank you” for showing kindness to Pastor Rich and welcoming him to our church. And remember, let’s continue to pass out the kindness card. We are getting more kindness cards for the church to pass them out. Over the next few weeks and months, I want to introduce to us a new sermon series titled “IT IS NOT TOO LATE: God Uses Broken People” based on the lives of some of the people in the Bible to let you know it is not too late and that God can still use you to do more incredible things to advance His kingdom agenda here on earth.

In basketball, one of the most significant concerns of a basketball team is the ability to rebound the ball. Rebounds in basketball are a routine part of the game. And if a player needs to rebound, there is also an assumption that a shot has been missed. A player in basketball doesn’t need to rebound unless something has been missed (a missed shot). Now, if a shot was missed, a player attempted a shot. And let me tell you one reason a shot can be missed in basketball: a player was off in the viewpoint (perspective). Or maybe the player was looking at the goal, but what they saw and what they didn’t match. And so they were unable to sink the basket. Perhaps the player is too short, the shot is too long, the shot is too hard, and the shot is too soft. However, there is no correlation between the look and what is accomplished.

Another reason you can miss a shot in basketball is somebody was in your face or up too close. Somebody in the stand was waving their hands at you, blocking (obstructing) your view. Your view was off because somebody got in your face and provided just enough distraction to cause you to miss your goal. Another reason you can miss a shot that calls for a rebound is you get fouled by a player from the opposing team. But any good basketball coach will tell you to go up for the rebound if you miss a shot. The coach doesn’t want the player to walk off the court because they missed a shot, quit the game because they missed, or throw in the towel because they missed a shot. They want you to return and retrieve the ball so you can shoot again. When you look at the Bible, you will discover many missed shots. You will discover many miscalculations. You will also find many of God’s servants (God’s people) who were not on target and then had to deal with consequences (some cost, if you will), dealing with consequences tied to the fact that the shot was missed and the attempt did not work.

These folks made many attempts, but the effort did not work or materialize for one reason or another. A comprehensive study of the Word of God will show you that there are many more people whom God used on the rebound and those God used who never had to rebound. So, what is Rebound? Rebound means to bounce back through the air after hitting a hard surface or object. Rebound means to recover in value, amount, or strength after a previous decrease or decline. Every time on the news, you will hear that the “NASDAQ rebounded to show a twenty-point gain. or increase”

The problem or issue they faced could have come from sin, so they drew consequences. Or maybe the problem could come from a circumstance they went through that became very negative. Some of the problems were caused by them, and some were caused by others, but the one thing that was the same was that they had to bounce back from something. And so I want us to look at some people in the Bible who had to bounce back (rebound) from something, and God used them to accomplish His work. The net result (or the overall outcome, if you will) of what I want to share and bring to your attention over the next few weeks is that “it is not too late.”

Now, I know what some of you folks are saying right now. Pastor Elijah - It is too late. It may be late, but all I am saying is, “It is not too late.” You say, but how do I know it is not too late for God to use me? It is very simple: you are still here. If God was done and through with you, finished (kaput with you), it is over and done. Then you would be on your way very soon to glory, on your way to heaven. But God still has you here on earth, and you still have the heart to be used by God without canceling, undermining, or taking away the missed shot that you made and the consequences that came upon you because of it, the regrets, the guilt, the repentance, and the feel sorry moments. I want to let you know that it is not too late. It is not too late because you are still here.

SERMON EXPOSITION

I want to start this sermon series with a man named Moses, one of the most recognized characters in the Holy Bible. A little information about Moses: Moses is the author of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy). He is, by the way, one of the most respected names in Jewish history. He is also a man who had to rebound. Let’s start by reviewing the life of Moses very succinctly (clearly). We are told that Moses was born at a time when babies were being killed. Pharaoh (the king of Egypt) had issued an order that all the children under the age of two were to be killed, and Moses’ parents, who had a lot of faith in God and knew that God had favored their child. The Scripture says he was a “… beautiful or favored child by God.” Moses’ parents put him in a little basket and sent him off down the Nile River, trusting God to deliver their baby boy. It just so happened that Pharaoh’s daughter was bathing in the river when the basket Moses the baby was in came her way. A lot of folks will call this luck. (But this is referred to in theology as a providence) because (this is not what you will call luck or chance because there is no such word as luck or chance in the Bible). The doctrine (or teaching) of providence tells us that the world and our lives are not ruled by chance, fate, or luck but by God, who lays bare His purposes of providence in the incarnation of His Son, Jesus Christ.

According to the story, Pharaoh’s daughter saw the basket and saw the beautiful child (a baby boy) and decided to take the child into her house (Pharaoh’s house) and raise the child as her own. Moses’ sister, Miriam, saw what happened, went home, and told her momma that Pharaoh’s daughter had picked up her brother, your son (Moses), from the river. And she said, momma, I think you should go right now and apply for the nanny (nursemaid) job. Pharaoh’s daughter needed a nanny (nursemaid) to raise the child. Moses’ mother was hired to raise her son in Pharaoh’s house. Don’t tell me that this happens by luck, chance, or fate. This is the hand of God at work. This is not the doctrine of fatalism – a view that every event that happens has to happen. Fatalism is false. This is the doctrine of providence.

Don’t tell me now, church, that God can’t change things and turn things around. Here, one minute, Moses, the baby, is getting ready to get killed. The next minute, Moses is growing up in Pharaoh’s house, and his momma is being paid to raise him because God can turn things around on a dime. He is now, according to Acts chapter 7 … a whole bunch in that chapter written about Moses. Stephen gave us a whole sermon series about the life of Moses that I don’t have to go through today. It is an entire summary of his life. Open your Bible to Acts chapter 7 and keep your finger there for a moment. Acts chapter 7, verse 22 says, “Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds.” In other words, Moses was living large. Moses was living a good life in the White House of Egypt. Moses was living a good life on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The boy was living a good life.

Egypt seems the least likely place for God to start training or raising a leader. But I want you to know this about God, and I am sure you have heard this before: God’s ways are not our ways, and God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, according to Isaiah chapter 55, verses 8-9. In preparing (equipping) Moses for services, God took several approaches that we can learn from Moses's life. Let’s talk about education for a moment. Moses went to the best schools. Moses went to an Ivy League school. He had the best education. He had the best opportunities (prospects). He is Pharaoh’s son, so there are no financial worries. Moses wore the best clothes because he was the son of Pharoah. He is well known and would understand Egyptology, the pyramids, and the great things about how advanced a culture was.

Egypt was highly developed in engineering, mathematics, and astronomy. Thanks to their knowledge of astronomy, they developed an amazingly accurate calendar, and their engineers planned and supervised the construction of buildings still standing today. Their priests and doctors were masters of the art of embalming, and their leaders were skilled in organization and administration. So, my point is, “a servant of God should learn all they can, (watch this) take that skill set and experience, dedicate it to God, and faithfully serve God to advance His Kingdom agenda.”

Moses was a man who was on the up and up next in line to run Egypt. But the Bible says at about 40 years of age, Acts chapter 7 says that at about 40 years of age, Moses made a spiritual decision, and that is to suffer hardship with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of Pharaoh and his kingdom. Moses made a spiritual decision because his momma raised him. When he was a little boy, his momma whispered in his ears, telling him that you are not from Egypt. So, don’t just think you are Egyptian because you live in the king’s palace. You are not.

You were born with the people of God (The people of Israel), so Moses comes to this spiritual decision to be associated even though he had the opportunity to live large with the people of God, rather than Pharaoh and the culture and all of the evil associated with Egypt. Moses made that decision, so he was committed to the people of Israel. But that is when he missed the shot. He missed the shot at the same age he was committed. So, we are not talking about a person who wasn’t committed and missed a shot. We are talking about somebody who had committed to suffering ill-treatment with the people of God and, at the time of his commitment, had a miscalculation.

The story is told for us in Exodus chapter 2, so let me look at it quickly with you. Exodus chapter 2, verse 11. “Now it came about in those days when Moses had grown up that he went out to his brethren and looked on their hard labors.” He went out to his what? His brethren, because his momma had told him those are your brothers. “And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his …” What? “… brethren.” Moses knew who he belonged to. “So, he looked this way and that way, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. He went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were fighting with each other, and he said to the one offender, ‘Why are you striking your companion?’ But he said who are you a prince, who made you a prince or a judge over us.” Mr. Big Stuff, Mr. Big Guy – who do you think you are? “Are you intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian? Then Moses was afraid and said surely the matter has become known.”

Moses made a miscalculation. Moses made a missed shot. He saw an Egyptian messing up one of his brothers, and he said I am not going to sit and let you get away with that because I have decided to associate with the people of God. I am supposed to be the one who delivers God’s people from Egypt. So, let me start my work right now. And so, Moses killed the Egyptian. He did what many of us do … use human understanding to accomplish a divine goal. We use our orientation and mentality viewpoint to achieve a rightful (legitimate) goal, and we notice that Moses didn’t stop the fight.

If you are Pharaoh’s son, you can get attention by standing there and looking. But Moses was going to make a point, and so he killed an Egyptian. Now, I don’t quite know, or I am not sure, what Moses’ plan was. Maybe (I don’t know) Moses had a plan to deliver Israel by killing one Egyptian at a time until he got the whole army killed. I don’t know. But if Moses was planning to free the Hebrews by killing the Egyptians one by one, he was in for a shock because this plan would take several years and seem impossible. But all I know is that Moses made a miscalculation. The other miscalculation says Moses looked this way and looked that way, thinking nobody was there. Moses looked this way and that way, and thinking he could get away with it, he killed him. And you know it was a concealed operation because Moses hid the body. The next day, Moses sees two of his brethren fighting. Two Hebrew brothers are going at it with each other. Now Moses is not trying to kill one of them. Moses is coming out saying can’t we all get along? Moses is trying to be the peacemaker.

Moses says, guys, can’t we get along, brothers? Why are you guys fighting if you are brothers? Then, one of the two fighting says to Moses, “Who made you prince over us? I know they made you prince of Egypt, but who made you prince over us? Are you going to kill us like you killed the Egyptian? And he knew the matter had been made known.” We were told in the previous verse that Moses looked this way, and he looked that way, and Moses saw nobody. So, one of two things happened. Somebody was looking out a window Moses didn’t know and couldn’t see, or the guy he saved started talking. Let me ask you a question, church. Have you ever tried to help somebody with your good heart… and they go left on you? So now Moses has two big problems. First, he committed first-degree murder when he didn’t have to kill to stop a fight since he was the son of Pharaoh. The second issue that Moses was dealing with was rejection because his own people didn’t want him. They can’t stand the ground that Moses was walking on. So, Moses got to deal with murder—that is one missed shot.

And Moses got to deal with rejection. Moses’ people rejected him. Has that ever happened to you? Your family rejected you. You have to deal with family rejection. You see, a lot of folks today are dealing with rejection. The folks you thought had your back. The folks you thought were going to be with you went left on you, and those were the folks you tried to help and show them love and care. So now Moses doesn’t have anywhere to go. Moses is a murderer, and he is alone because his people reject him.

So, I want to talk to you about how God uses a murderer and how God uses a man who is dealing with rejection. I know what you are saying, but I am not a murderer. Well, maybe; maybe not. I don’t know. Not as a physical murderer, where you take a person’s life, and that is obvious. But that is not the only kind of murder the Bible talks about. But according to Matthew chapter 5 verse 22, Jesus says if you get angry with your brother and wish he were dead. You haven’t physically taken their life, but you begin a process because of your anger to destroy their life.

Is there anybody you know whose character you have destroyed? Is there anybody you know who you have hurt? Is there anybody who has not advanced because you became a part of a scheme (a plan, if you will) to keep them from moving forward? To keep them from going up. That is, by the way, a form of murder in the Bible. So, there is physical murder, which is what Moses did and the kind we would all condemn. But the Bible says there is also spiritual murder, where you seek to crucify somebody’s character or integrity, where you seek to crucify, demean, and destroy another person’s character because you don’t like them.

Now, if we ask how many murderers are in the house today, we will discover that it is not that hard to be a killer in the Kingdom of God. And so, Moses miscalculated, and he missed the shot, and his whole world changed in two days. Have you ever been in a situation where your entire world changes within a day or maybe a week because of a poor and bad decision? Moses kills the Egyptian one day, and he is rejected by his brothers the next day. So, in two days, 40 years of his life have gone down the tubes.

Illustration

Have you ever seen an explosion in which one of the big buildings downtown collapses? Building the original World Trade Center in New York City took several years. But within a day, bad actors destroyed the Twin Towers. A building that took a year or two to build collapses in seven to fifteen seconds. I wonder if there is anyone here today whose world has fallen apart. Your world has collapsed. Your dreams have died. Your hopes … where you thought you would be. Like Moses, who is 40 years old. For you and I, living today is middle age. All right. If you are 50, you have passed middle age.

So, Moses, given today’s age, would have been past middle age. He watched his world fall apart in two days at 40 years old. He has gone from the White House on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW to the outhouse because his whole world has collapsed due to a miscalculation. Due to a bad decision, his entire world collapsed. I wonder if anybody here can look back over your life and see you are still dealing with that bad decision. That bad choice that you made several years ago. If you could roll back the hands of time, you wouldn’t have done it, and you wouldn’t have done it that way. You would have changed something if you could have rolled back the hands of time.

Life, as Moses had known it for 40 years, is now over. It is over for Moses. No longer does he live in the Pharaohs’ house. He no longer goes to Pharaoh’s party. He no longer has an Egyptian visa and citizenship. No longer is Moses driving a Mercedes chariot. He no longer wears designer shoes and clothes. All that is over. It is over for Moses; he is now at the bottom of the spiritual barrel. Because he missed a shot, he made a mistake, he made a bad decision, he committed a sin, and now he is enduring the consequences of his choice.

When we find Moses in Chapter 3 of Exodus, verse 1, watch this now: Moses is 80 years old, and in today’s culture, he is an older man. According to Acts chapter 7, Moses had been in the wilderness for 40 years. Acts chapter 7 says, “… when he killed the Egyptian, he was 40. And when he has this encounter with God, it’s 40 years later.” So, there have now been 40 years of repercussions for a decision made 40 years ago.

Maybe your thing hasn’t lasted for 40 years. Still, plenty of us here today have extended repercussions… emotional, physical, or relationship—that we are still trying to work ourselves out of because of a bad decision we made long ago. We all have missed shots; we miscalculated. But that is Moses’ predicament. His whole life has changed, and now guess what he is doing. Chapter 3, verse 1 says, “Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law...”

Moses is a shepherd of sheep. Now, that is not the most glorious job in the universe. Now, that is from working on Wall Street to becoming a shepherd. Sheep are dumb, and sheep are dirty. Moses is shepherding sheep. He has had 40 years of making no progress. And the only job he can get is shepherding the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro.

Now, at 80 years old, it would be easy to think it is too late. At 80 years old, it would be easy to believe that nothing will ever change. At 80 years old, it would be easy to think that my tomorrows will be like my today and my yesterdays, that nothing will change. I am forever doomed to this miserable shepherding life because that is the best I can ever hope for. Is there anybody here who thinks nothing will ever change? My life can’t improve because of what I did and how I did it—my missed shot. I am dealing with the consequences of my miscalculation because there is a payment and a wage to sin. I want to let you know it is not too late if you are still here.

He was going to find God and take 40 years of his life that had been lost. That had been painful. That had been disconnected from what looked like his direction, and God was going wrap that up in an encounter, but only when he took his flock to the mountain of God (Mount Sinai). You see when you are in a Moses situation and have been living month after month, year after year, dealing with repercussions of missed shots and needing a rebound, let me tell you what you don’t need. You don’t need another sermon. That is not what you need. Sermons come and go. You don’t need another bible seminar. You don’t need another bible workshop. I am for sermons and Bible seminars, but when you are in a state of Moses, having somebody holler at you is not what you need. A sermon is not enough. A Bible seminar is not enough.

You need a fresh encounter with God when you are in Moses’ situation. You need a fresh encounter with God because let me tell you something about God when you get a fresh encounter with Him. Joel 2 says, “He is so good, he can give you back the years that the locusts have taken away.” The locusts took away 40 years of Moses’s life because of his decision, and God, with the flip of a switch in chapter 3, would take those whole 40 years and use them.

The beauty of God is that He can give you back the value … God can’t give you back the time because the time is gone. But God can give you back the value of those years. That is what God is promising to you today. If you are still here, it is not too late. God is promising to give you back the value of those years that have been lost, those years that the devil has stolen due to the pain and the hurt of a missed shot in your life. Moses is hanging around in God’s presence, the mountain of God. The place you and me will go when dealing with the consequences of our mistakes … missed shots, bad choices, and so we hang out in God’s presence. That is more than a sermon, a seminar, and a praise and worship song.

When God creates a scenario that doesn’t make sense, it is not supposed to. You will know God is showing up in your missed shot to turn things around despite the consequences when God shows up in a way you can’t explain. All I am saying is don’t ignore God showing up in a way you can’t explain. Now, in the mountain of God, in God’s presence, “The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire in the midst of a bush, and he looked and behold the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.” Where is Moses? Moses is hanging out in God’s presence, and suddenly (unexpectedly), a bush is on fire. We are told Moses doesn’t know this yet, but we are told it was the angel of the Lord in the bush. The reincarnate Christ, if you will, is in the bush, and the bush is on fire.

Theologians call this Shekinah glory. Shekinah's glory is the visible manifestation of God. Shekinah's glory is when God shows up, and you can see Him because, by nature, God is invisible. After all, God is a spirit, according to John 4:24. But what God does when He wants to make Himself visible is show up in your situation and circumstance, and then you know when God is showing up. You see, God will create a scenario that doesn’t make sense. And it is not your job to make sense out of it. You will know God is showing up in your missed shot to turn things around despite the consequences when God shows up in a way you can’t explain. All I am saying is don’t ignore God showing up in a way you can’t explain.

You can’t explain it because it is God showing up. I can show you time after time when God was ready to move in a situation that looked like it was too late. God always showed up in a way that human understanding couldn’t explain. So, if you are in the mountain of God, guess what? You are in God’s presence and looking for a change; look for what you can’t explain. See, because “His ways are not your ways. His thoughts are not your thoughts. As high as the heaven is above the earth.” That is the difference between you and God. So, when you see that difference, it is because it is God, and He is not like you.

Moses is saying I don’t understand. This doesn’t make sense. Because I have been out here 40 years, and I have never seen this. This is new to me; this is different to me. Not a bush on fire, but a bush on fire that won’t burn up. I don’t understand this. How do you explain this? So, Moses turns aside. Now, verse 4 is your key here. “When the Lord saw he turned aside to look God called to him from the midst of the bush …”watch this. “… When God saw that he turned aside, God spoke …” God did not reveal Himself to Moses until Moses turned aside to look. In other words, God wouldn't give Moses more until he responded to what he had.

Application

Many of us want more from God, but we haven’t looked at what God is doing or responded to what He is already doing in our lives. We wonder why we don’t get more. We put our hands on our heads and say, “Poor me.” We don’t get more because God doesn’t see you doing anything with what He has given you. It wasn’t until Moses turned aside. When he turned aside, guess what? He heard the voice of God; he heard two words. Moses, Moses. He heard two words. Moses, Moses. Moses, Moses. That is significant. When you have been trapped in a wilderness for 40 years, and life is going nowhere because of a bad decision you made 40 years ago, and nothing is happening, you don’t want a sermon addressed to the general congregation. You don’t want a sermon series addressed to the entire church. You don’t want national news on CNN, ABC, Fox News, MSNBC News, or BBC News.

When I preach a sermon or a sermon series, I give you national news because the sermon is for the entire church. The sermon is for a lot of people. Folks are listening and taking notes. But when God speaks to you, that is local news. When the Holy Spirit speaks to you, He gives you local news. Watch this because the message the Holy Spirit is giving you is for you only, and that is local news. You want God calling your name. Mary, Mary. John, John. Janet, Janet. Paul, Paul. That is local news, and when Moses encountered God in the burning bush, that was local news because God spoke directly to Moses.

You want God talking to you … see when you hear a sermon, you hear the word of God. But when you go to a burning bush, you listen to the voice of God with your name on it. You know God is talking to you, and you are the only one in the room because when you are stuck in a wilderness, you don’t need a general conversation; you need a direct word from God with your name on it. Moses, Moses, He says. Moses says, “Here I am. Then He said … “Watch this now. “Do not come near here …” Because he is on his way to take a closer look at this, God stops him and says, "Don’t come over here. Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place you stand is holy ground. First, Moses calls Moses by name, and then He stops him in his tracks. He says you turned right. That is all you need to do. You just turned right. So, right where you are right now, “… take off your shoes because the place where you are standing is holy ground.”

Conclusion

For 40 years, Moses was prepared to be a leader. As far as Moses was concerned, it was too late. It is over, and I am done. But what God did was give him 40 years of uptown preparation, then 40 years of downtown preparation. The second preparation came because of the missed shot, but God was still going to use it all because he was getting ready to lead the sheep of Israel out of Egypt into the promised land. Even in the consequences, as painful as they are, God is so great that He can hit a bullseye with a crooked stick. God can take lemons and still come up with lemonade. God can take a mess and still create a miracle. It does not justify wrong decisions. It does not justify wrong choices. No. It does not relieve all the consequences, but God is so big; God is not even willing to let your mess (mess Him up). God will not allow your past and bad decisions to mess you up.

So, what happens? Moses enters God’s presence and responds to it. He receives God’s program and experiences God’s power firsthand. He is going into Egypt with power, and he never knew in the desert when he got back on the page with God. My point is “no,” nothing is wasted with God. All I am trying to tell you is it is not too late. Don’t be satisfied with where you are in the wilderness, even if your mistake got you there. It is time for a rebound, but you have to be in God’s presence to see the marvelous thing that God is doing, for you to turn and look in that direction for God to call you by name so that he can recommission you to service. And then, when God brings you back, you will have a testimony of what God can do when it looks like it is too late.

Forty years ago, Moses was waiting to be King. Now God says you are my man, and I will use you to free my people from bondage. I will supersize you, Moses, because I am not done with you. So, don’t be satisfied with sheep when God is ready to supersize you for something better—something great—for something extraordinary. It is not too late. Abide in God’s presence and seek Him.

Faith Appeal and Call to Action

I am just saying that if you are still here today, it is not too late if you enter God’s presence. You come into His presence and say, Lord, I am here, I am here. And I want you to visit me. I want to come into Your presence until my bush burns. But there is only one way to come into God’s presence: through His Son Jesus Christ. You cannot come into God’s presence without accepting Jesus into your heart. If you accept Jesus into your heart, God can start your life all over again. I want to close this service by praying for you. And if you are here today and need prayer because of a bad decision or choice, I also want to pray for you. We have a great prayer team that will make their way up front, and we will close our service by praying for you each week. We will continue with this theme; it is not too late. You are still here. Let’s stand on our feet. Bow your head where you are and tell the Lord you need Him to revisit you in His presence. Whatever your mistakes or consequences, God has to decide what bush He will burn for you. Let’s pray.

Benediction

And so, Father, we pray for each who comes to you for prayer because of a bad decision or choice they made in the past. The fact that they are still here is not too late. And so, Father, we pray with them that You will give them the burning bush experience like Moses, an experience of a lifetime that yesterday was yesterday. And that it is not over until God says so. I pray for a new beginning, day, and life with Your Son, Jesus Christ. And so, we thank You for all this and give You all the glory and honor in Jesus’ name. Amen. We will see you next week at 10:30 a.m. Have a great Memorial Day, and God bless you.