Walter Spires - Minutes For Men

Servant of Moses...Mighty Warrior...Fearless man of faith, humble leader.  Not much more to say about this great man of God. Bible References:  Exodus 17, 24, 33: 11;  Deuteronomy 3: 28, 31: 23 

Caleb was the first to speak out against the other ten spies.  He saw what God saw and believed Him when the others did not.  Bible References:  Numbers 13: 30; 14: 24; Joshua 14: 6-15

Moses was an amazing leader, and we can learn a lot about those skills by studying his life.  More than that, he had the closest relationship with God of any man in the Bible (not Jesus, of course).  Studying that is the greater effort.   Bible References:  Deuteronomy 34: 10-12

From Genesis 3 through the book of Revelation, we read of the anger of God for which He makes no apology.  God hates sin.  It is a good thing to focus on the love of God, but very foolish to ignore His anger.  As men of God, we must study His Word to learn what it takes to remove it.   Bible References:  Exodus 32; 1-14; Numbers 20: 1-13; Deuteronomy 32: 46-52

In my study, I found it interesting that only our Bible headings call the "ten words" or "decalogue" the Ten Commandments.  Thousands of years later, Jesus fulfilled, not destroyed, them.  Bible References:  Exodus 20; Matthew 5: 17-20

This infamous story of the twelve spies being sent to scout out the Promised Land is not recorded in Exodus - rather Numbers and Deuteronomy.  We see a clear failure of leadership as Moses listened to the ten fearful men instead of the two faithful ones.  Bible References:  Numbers 13-14; Deuteronomy 1: 19-46

Finally on their way out of bondage after hundreds of years, God's people do not really know or remember Him.  Yahweh did not wait long to get reacquainted.  Bible References: EXodus 13: 17 - 14: 31

All men have faith.  The question is this.  Where is that faith placed?  Bible References:  Exodus 7 - 11

Moses has found favor with God beyond any of his fathers.  How?  God tells Moses His name - I AM from which we get our words Yahweh and Jehovah.  God is about relationships...with Moses and you and me.   Bible References: Exodus 5, 6

From man of faith to man of fear with many excuses as to why he could not do what God asked, I can relate to Moses.  How about you? Bible References:  Exodus 2 - 4:17

With Joseph dead and a new Pharaoh, God's people went from prosperity to captivity.  All part of God's plan to get His people to their promised land.    Bible References:  Genesis 50: 24-26; Exodus 1: 1-22

We introduced our covenant God and considered sons from Abraham to Joseph.  Then we looked at Job and the sovereignty of God.   Bible References:  Gen 12-50; Job

No men were ever given greater assignments from God that required such faith. Bible References:  Genesis 6-9; 12-25

God expects us to follow Him in obedience and lead others as He leads us.  He also redeems us when we fail.  Bible References: Gen 2-3

A humbled Job received back 2x what he lost.  What happens when we do not?   Bible References:  Job 42

God asked Job 77 questions that completely overwhelmed him with Who He is - exactly His intention.  Bible References: Job 38-41

Whining and complaining.  We do it all the time, so why shouldn't Job?  How we do that is what matters to God.  Bible References: Job 3: 1-26

Job's friends came alongside in his incredible time of suffering.   But as we soon learn, their company and consolation soon became insufferable.  Bible References:  Job 2: 11 - 37: 24

Here we begin perhaps the most unusual and difficult to understand exchanges in the Bible - God and Satan, a once mighty angel cast out of Heaven. Bible References:  Job 1: 2 - 2: 10; Key verses Job 1: 21 and 2: 10

The greatest introduction of any man in the Bible - Job.   He is a real man as is his story.  It started out great... Bible References:  Job 1: 1