Deep Respect...

Every person needs to be respected. It’s a feed-back we all long for. But sometimes we’re around people that are better at suspicion and aren’t generous with their respect. Then there are times when our role pits others against us and respect is hard to find. This is true for the new manager who has to lay people off. Hard to be appreciated on that day. Walking with God has times when we are derided, but then there are times when we are respected...
“Moses was greatly admired by the Egyptians, a respected public figure among both Pharaoh’s servants and the people at large.” ~Ex. 11:3
This must have been a meaningful time for Moses. He had seen himself as a failure, and wandered in the desert herding sheep for years. His training for nation-ruling and the call he thought he felt I’m sure sat in the back of his mind and mocked him. He had no idea God had him out in that desert scouting it so he’d know how to lead Israel back through it in a few years. And now, as the new leader of the Hebrews he has produced 9 miraculous signs, and he see’s respect in the eyes of the Egyptians. In fact, they admired him. That must have felt like cold water to his thirsty self-worth. It’s interesting that this respect didn’t come because he was liked, after-all he was calling down wave after wave of destruction. No his was a respect that came from being a ‘God empowered man’. And believe it or not, there is room for all of us in that identity. Truly we are called to that. And ‘yes’, it does come with times of DEEP RESPECT! ~verlon