Key Verse: Verse 21 – “And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.”
Key Words: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter
There is much speculation as to whether Zipporah is the Ethiopian woman of Numbers 12:1. Some say she is; others say she isn’t. I don’t think we’ll ever know the answer to that question, at least on this side of heaven. But whoever the rejected wife is of Numbers 12 stirs up the wrath of God against Miriam and Aaron which indicates for me, anyway, that while man rejected the marriage of the couple, God didn’t!!!
Have you or your spouse ever been rejected? It hurts; it hurts deeply. But I encourage you to keep your eyes on God during times of rejection.
Campbell Morgan was one of 150 young men who sought entrance to the Wesleyan ministry in 1888. He passed the doctrinal examinations, but then faced the trial sermon. In a cavernous auditorium that could seat more than 1,000 sat three ministers and 75 others who came to listen. When Morgan stepped into the pulpit, the vast room and the searching, critical eyes caught him up short. Two weeks later Morgan’s name appeared among the 105 REJECTED for the ministry that year.
Jill Morgan, his daughter-in-law, wrote in her book, A Man of the Word. “He wired to his father the one word, ‘Rejected,’ and sat down to write in his diary. ‘Very dark everything seems. Still, He knoweth best.’ Quickly came the reply: ‘Rejected on earth. Accepted in heaven. Dad.’”
In later years, Morgan said, “God said to me, in the weeks of loneliness and darkness that followed. ‘I want you to cease making plans for yourself, and let Me plan your life.’” Rejection is rarely permanent, as Morgan went on to prove. Even in this life, circumstances change, and ultimately, there is no rejection of those accepted by Christ.
Do God’s will; and if you are rejected for that by people, remember the only rejection that matters is when God rejects us.
What to do:
✞Where would we be if Jesus had quit because of rejection?
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