Imagine

Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed him the whole land--from Gilead to Dan, all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean Sea, the Negev and the whole region from the Valley -of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it." And Moses the servant of the LORD died there in Moab, as the LORD had said. (Deuteronomy 34:1-5 NIV)

Moses did not get to enter the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and to himself.  It was time to leave this life.  He had finished the race.  But he got to see the promised land before he died.  The rest, he would have to imagine.

Moses had plenty of reasons to believe that God would bring the 2+ million Israelites into the promised land.  He had a front row seat when God brought ten plagues against their Egyptian oppressors (Exodus 5:1-12:51).  Moses watched God provide a pillar of fire and smoke to lead them, and then used that pillar to protect them from the Egyptian army when they prepared to attack and slaughter the Israelites (Exodus 14:19-20). I wonder if Moses was surprised when he lifted the staff over the water and watched the Red Sea divide in front of him, providing an escape route for Israel’s descendants (Exodus 14:21-30).  Moses had every reason to believe that God was going to bring Israel into the promised land.

This series is about imagining what God is going to do in and through His people today.  It is about realizing that the same God who parted the Red Sea is alive and active today – and wants to work through you.  He wants to empower, equip, and encourage one more to walk together with Him and you are one of the people he is sending.  Like Moses, you don’t have any special powers in and of yourself.  Also like Moses, though, the Spirit of God dwells in you who are in Christ Jesus in a special way.  His power is available to you.  He is giving you special gifts to use.  God wants to work in and through you.

So, how about you?  Can you imagine the God who created the heavens and the earth wanting to work through you?  Can you imagine engaging, empowering, equipping, and encouraging one more to walk together with God?  Can you imagine what God can do through you?