Dare to Carry: The Responsibility of Influence!

God entrusts ordinary people to carry an extraordinary purpose for the sake of His greater plan. Your & my role in the lives of those we have been given to nurture is not to be taken lightly, expected to be easy, nor is there a guarantee it will last forever.  

However, most importantly, while it is called today… I dare you to carry (steward) these promises of God, knowing there is a greater divine plan at work! 

Two Truths About Carriers…

1. We are CALLED to carry

Ephesians 2:10 – “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” (NASB)

2. We are ALL called to carry

I Peter 4:10 – “ As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the ^[a]multifaceted grace of God.” (NASB)

Dare to Carry! 

Exodus 1:15-17 (NASB) 

^15 “Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom ^[a]was named Shiphrah, and the other ^[b]was named Puah; ¹⁶ and he said, “When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.” ¹⁷ But the midwives ^[c]feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had ^[d]commanded them, but let the boys live.”

Exodus 2:1-10 (NASB)

“Now a man from the house of Levi went and ^[a]married a daughter of Levi. ² And the woman conceived and gave birth to a son; and when she saw ^[b]that he was ^[c]beautiful, she hid him for three months. ³ But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus ^[d]basket and covered it with tar and pitch. Then she put the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. ⁴ And his sister stood at a distance to ^[e]find out what would ^[f]happen to him.

⁵ Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her female attendants walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the ^[g]basket among the reeds and sent her slave woman, and she brought it to her. ⁶ When she opened it, she ^[h]saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” ⁷ Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a woman for you who is nursing from the Hebrew women, so that she may nurse the child for you?” ⁸ Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go ahead.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. ⁹ Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. ¹⁰ And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. And she named him ^[i]Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

How do I effectively CARRY the Call?

I must Dare to…

1. Fear God over man’s authority 

Exodus 1:17  – ¹⁷ But the midwives ^[c]feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had ^[d]commanded them, but let the boys live.” (NASB)

2. See the beauty in what is undeveloped 

Exodus 2:2 –   ^2 “And the woman conceived and gave birth to a son; and when she saw ^[b]that he was ^[c]beautiful, she hid him for three months.” (NASB)

3. Build protection when others are conceding 

Exodus 2:3a – ^3 “But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus ^[d]basket and covered it with tar and pitch…”

4. Partner with others 

Exodus 2:4 & 7 – ^4 “And his sister stood at a distance to ^[e]find out what would ^[f]happen to him.” …

^7 “Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and call a woman for you who is nursing from the Hebrew women, so that she may nurse the child for you?”

5. Release the Promise for a greater purpose 

Exodus 2:10 – ^10 “And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she named him ^[i]Moses, and said, “Because I drew him out of the water.”

Big Discovery:  

Moses never becomes Moses, the leader, without people willing to carry him before he could carry others.