Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15. The title of today's post is

Horib isn't forever. Proverbs 1312 tells us hope deferred. I mean when you've lost hope or

bad things happen to you and you lose hope,red. I mean, when you've lost hope or bad things happen to you and you lose hope,

hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life. A picture, as they say,

is worth a thousand words.

Knowing this, God sculpted and shaped a vivid picture of hope deferred in the form of a mountain.

Wouldn't you know it would be a mountain?

Rugged, barren.

Its very name,

Horib means desolation,

a waste place,

barrenness, dryness,

all perfect synonyms of hope deferred.

This is the place where Moses ended up for most or much of his 40-year exile,

shoveling dung instead of bathing in royal hot tubs.

There can be no more severe case of hope deferred than what Moses experienced, having lost his royal

inheritance, and it seemed his destiny. I realize it ain't over till it's over, but after disappearing for 40 years, a dream is usually over.

But thankfully, like many mountains, Horib had treasure hidden in it.

Not only would this barren piece of rock be a picture of exile-induced heart disease,

but it would also become a glorious example of conquered, hope-deferred, and healed heart disease.

In fact, the transformation of Horab became so complete for Moses and Israel, its power so harnessed by the hand of God, that this mountain became known as the Mountain of God.

From Horib, desolate, barren, waste place, to the mountain of God. Sinai. It just doesn't get any better than that.

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