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When he left Egypt to run away from Pharaoh, Moses was already as good as dead. This argument is strengthened by the fact that when God called him, he was already 80 years of age! His life was as good as over. This knowledge made Moses even more grateful. He knew that he couldn’t have gone far without God. He was an ordinary person who could have lived an ordinary life with an ordinary job as an ordinary shepherd, and died an ordinary kind of death, but he knew he got lucky, or more rightly put, he got called. These experience and encounter molded Moses to develop an attitude of gratitude.
You see, it matters a lot to have the right attitude. According to Pastor John Maxwell, a leader can indeed succeed even without having the right attitude. But the difference is that he would not be able to enjoy his success as a leader with the right attitude would.
You may call this person, or that person successful; you may call him/ her a failure. But all of that depends on how you define failure and success. That depends on whether that person was able to reach what he sought for or not. Our friend Moses reached what he sought for.
With the above premises, I therefore conclude that in the issue of fulfillment, and in the decision between ego integrity and despair, good old Moses did not die with despair. He left the earth rather satisfied. Indeed, full of hope and gladness, he slept.
When he left Egypt to run away from Pharaoh, Moses was already as good as dead. This argument is strengthened by the fact that when God called him, he was already 80 years of age! His life was as good as over. This knowledge made Moses even more grateful. He knew that he couldn’t have gone far without God. He was an ordinary person who could have lived an ordinary life with an ordinary job as an ordinary shepherd, and died an ordinary kind of death, but he knew he got lucky, or more rightly put, he got called. These experience and encounter molded Moses to develop an attitude of gratitude.
You see, it matters a lot to have the right attitude. According to Pastor John Maxwell, a leader can indeed succeed even without having the right attitude. But the difference is that he would not be able to enjoy his success as a leader with the right attitude would.
You may call this person, or that person successful; you may call him/ her a failure. But all of that depends on how you define failure and success. That depends on whether that person was able to reach what he sought for or not. Our friend Moses reached what he sought for.
With the above premises, I therefore conclude that in the issue of fulfillment, and in the decision between ego integrity and despair, good old Moses did not die with despair. He left the earth rather satisfied. Indeed, full of hope and gladness, he slept.
© 2009, Karl
1 comment:
Sige na nga. Hahahaha. May point naman...I get it. Hehehe. I'd have to agree with your point of view, keni.^^
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