{"id":37854,"date":"2025-10-15T23:38:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?post_type=portfolio&p=37854"},"modified":"2025-10-15T23:53:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:53:52","slug":"2025-role","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/gospel-express\/2025-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Your God-Given Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

yael.eckstein<\/p>\n

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It was this Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, \u201cBring the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.\u201d They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt\u2014this same Moses and Aaron<\/em>.\u00a0<\/em>\u2014 Exodus 6:26-27<\/p>\n

Each week in synagogue, Jews read through the\u00a0Torah<\/em>\u00a0from Genesis to Deuteronomy. The\u00a0Torah<\/em>\u00a0portion for this week is\u00a0Va\u2019era<\/em>, which means \u201cand I appeared,\u201d from Exodus 6:2\u20139:35.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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There is an old Jewish tale about a renowned rabbi who wanted to know who his neighbour would be in heaven. After much fasting and prayer, the rabbi was granted his wish in the form of a dream that revealed to him that his neighbour in the afterlife would be the town\u2019s butcher.<\/p>\n

At first, the rabbi dismissed the dream as nonsense because the butcher was a simple man, unlike the rabbi who was a holy scholar. However, the dream repeated until the rabbi was convinced that it was true. He decided to get to know the butcher and discovered a man who was unusually kind and charitable\u2014truly a worthy neighbour for eternity.<\/p>\n

We all come to the world with a life\u2019s purpose and mission. But it\u2019s not the size of the mission that determines the true greatness of the man. Rather, it\u2019s the size of the man that determines the greatness of his mission.<\/p>\n

Your God-Given Role<\/h2>\n

In this week\u2019s\u00a0Torah<\/em>\u00a0portion, we read about Moses and Aaron, two brothers who lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Interestingly, in Exodus 6:26-27, Scripture places Aaron\u2019s name before Moses\u2019 name, but then reverses the order, placing Moses before Aaron. The Jewish sages explained that this reversal is intended to teach us that although Moses had a larger role then Aaron, both men fulfilled their God-given missions and were equal in their greatness.<\/p>\n

Everyone is sent into the world with a role to play\u2014some large and some small. Some people are called to be great leaders and others are called to be chimneysweepers. But it doesn\u2019t matter what our job in this world is. It\u2019s how we do it and how we treat others in the process that determines our greatness in the eyes of God.<\/p>\n

The Jewish sages taught: \u201cThere is nothing more beloved to God than a person who puts all of his heart and soul into fulfilling his mission.\u201d It doesn\u2019t matter if you were put here to run a Forbes 500 company or to run a household. When you happily fulfill your God-given role in the best way that you possibly can, you achieve greatness in life and earn your place in heaven.<\/p>\n

Your turn<\/strong>: In what ways are you fulfilling your God given role? How can you do your job (or jobs) with more joy, enthusiasm, or kindness?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":37856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"portfolio_entries":[29],"class_list":["post-37854","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_entries-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/37854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/37854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37857,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/37854\/revisions\/37857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37854"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_entries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_entries?post=37854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}