Perfect Positioning

I wonder what God's plan for Moses was from the beginning. He happened to be saved from genocide by the Pharaoh's daughter and raised in the royal court. I would call that perfect positioning. Someone on the inside of the influence of power. He was in a place to be used in a way that no one of Hebrew birth could dream of being. I wonder what God planned. I believe that Moses was supposed to use his influence in the court to help his people. Somehow he learned of his true heritage and knew that he needed to do something. What he really needed was mentoring and patience. If he stayed where he was, I believe that God would have worked through Moses' influence and the life of at least one Egyptian would have been spared. Perhaps his inability to speak well stemmed from the taunts he received by those who knew of his birth. Maybe time would have matured him to grow into the leader that he had to be.

How many times have we upset God's plans by helping Him? How many years have we added to answered prayers because I didn't wait for God to do what we're asking of Him? Because we don't see from the heavenly perspective, we think that we have run out of time so we have to do something. Thankfully, God does amazing things even through our blunders. Would the Egyptians have had to endure the plagues if God had been allowed to complete His original plan with Moses? Who knows? Maybe not, but we have to remember that our zealousness effects other people.

After Jesus went back to be with His Father in heaven, the disciples wanted to replace Judas, so they cast lots for a man named Matthias, and Matthias was never heard of in the scriptures again. I believe that is because the man God wanted to be the twelfth apostle was Paul. The disciples jumped the gun, but God moved through Paul anyway.

I know that God is aware of our futures and our decisions, but He has a perfect plan for each of us. How awesome it would be if we allowed Him to work it in our lives without our help.