Exodus 4:4-5 “Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand), (5) that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
Looking back at yesterday’s scripture, God instructed Moses to throw his staff to the ground and it became a serpent. In today’s scripture God tells him to pick it up. The odd thing to me about this command is that God tells him to pick it up by the tail. In all of my biological studies and of course the great animal planet shows I love to watch, it always seems that wildlife experts grab biting animals by the head to avoid the possibility to attack and injury. Picking a snake up by the tail gives its strong muscular body the ability to turn its head towards you to afflict pain with its fangs or to wrap itself around and immobilize you.
This does not seem like a wise move, however if God tells you to do something and it seems out of the ordinary or even suspect…trust him and be obedient – then do not be afraid. As long as God is doing the instructing it will never hurt or harm you. As soon as Moses grabbed the snake, it came under his submission and turned back into a useful tool that Moses had total control to use. As soon as you grab your ‘snake’ it will be under your control. Sometimes you will have to forego the obvious and grab the ‘tiger by the tail’ and subdue it by the faith you have in God’s word. Reach out and take it by the tail. If its tail is exposed to you, then that means it has its back to you and thinks that you are no threat….show it the God that you serve and subdue it. Then when it is all said and done, testify about our God who can use anyone, anything, anywhere and at any time for his Glory!
Every day is a good day; it is up to us to a make it a GREAT day! Be blessed! Rev. Dr. JoAnn
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