🔥 SHLISHI 19, 6027 AA 🔥 - LESSONS FROM THE ROD

“From Staff To Serpent — When YHVH Uses What’s In Your Hand”

Shalom to the faithful remnant - walking with staff in hand and truth in heart. The wilderness teaches us to trust YHVH not only with where we are going, but with what He’s given us to get there. Sometimes, what seems ordinary becomes extraordinary - in His hands.

Shemot (Exodus) 4:2–3 says, “And YHVH said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ And he said, ‘A rod.’ And He said, ‘Throw it on the ground.’ So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent - and Moshe fled from it.” ➡️ YHVH can use the simplest tools to reveal the deepest truths.

📜 MESSAGE

YHVH asked Moshe a simple question: “What is that in your hand?” It was just a shepherd’s staff - a rod of wood, worn by wilderness work. But when surrendered, it became a sign and a wonder. YHVH used it to confront Pharaoh, split the sea, and draw water from the rock. What seemed natural was made supernatural. The rod became a sign that the authority was not Moshe’s - it was YHVH’s.

Too often, we disqualify ourselves by undervaluing what YHVH has already placed within us. We look for new gifts, new signs, new weapons - but the key may already be in our hands. Are you willing to surrender it? Even if it seems small? Even if it transforms in ways that frighten you? Moshe ran from the serpent - and many of us run from what our gift reveals. But YHVH is calling us to trust, not tremble. He wants to use what you have, not what you wish you had. Whether it’s a voice, a pen, a hand, a heart - He asks, “What is that in your hand?” Will you give it to Him today?

📚 STUDY SECTION

1. Shemot (Exodus) 4:2–5 “Throw it on the ground... so that they believe that YHVH... has appeared to you.”
2. Shemot (Exodus) 14:16 “And you, lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it.”
3. Bemidbar (Numbers) 20:8–11 “Take the rod and speak to the rock... and water shall come out of it.”
4. 1 Corinthians 1:27 “But Elohim has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise...”
5. 2 Corinthians 4:7 “We have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power might be of Elohim and not of us.”

🤲 PRAYER

Abba YHVH, open our eyes to what You have already placed in our hands. Forgive us for fearing the gifts You’ve given or for fleeing from the transformation they bring. Teach us to trust You with our tools, our time, and our talents. Use them for Your glory - no matter how small they may seem to us. We lay them down before You today. Baruch YHVH! 🤲🏻

📣 REMINDER

Do not despise what is in your hand. YHVH turns rods into signs, dust into man, and crosses into victory. Surrender it. Trust Him with it. And watch Him use it. The next miracle may begin with the smallest thing... when it’s placed in the hands of the Most High.

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