Exodus 4-7;
Psalm 16
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“O
Lord, please send someone else to do it.”
I
can so relate to Moses here in chapter 4!
He hears clearly from the Lord, sees His miracles first hand, knows
exactly what God wants him to do, but yet he’s scared and thinking about his
weaknesses instead of God’s strength.
I
even relate to how Moses didn’t have confidence in his speaking skills. I’ve always been pretty shy and always
struggled somewhat to talk to people.
The Lord has helped me overcome some of that, but especially when I’m one
on one with people, unless I know them really well, I get nervous and
tongue-tied and I feel like I say things that are really stupid. That’s why a lot of times I just don’t
say much at all.
I
love God’s first answer to Moses, “Who gave man his mouth? ….Is it not I, the
Lord? Now go; I will help you
speak and will teach you what to say.”
Even
still Moses asks God to send someone else. I love God’s second solution as well. It says that God was angry at this
point, but even still, he provided a helper for Moses in his brother
Aaron. Even when I don’t have
enough faith, God provides what I need to do what He’s called me to do.
One
final thing today…. At the
beginning of chapter 4 Moses had a staff, and God told him to throw it
down. At the end of chapter 4 when
Moses was ready to follow the Lord, it says “he took the staff of God in his hand.” He had reluctantly surrendered, laying
everything down before God. The
staff of Moses could do nothing; the staff of God would set the people free. There is a song about this by Ken
Medema that ends asking, “What do you hold in your hand today? To what or to whom are you bound? Are you willing to give it to God? Give it up, let it go, throw it down.”
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