The Lord appeared to Moses and
offered him the chance to lead His people out of Egypt. The time
had come for the Lord to present Moses with his breakthrough. His
training had been completed and the Lord was pleased with him. He
had continued to be faithful in the small things and the time had
come for the Lord to exalt him to bigger things.
But as we saw last week Moses was
scared and he tried to squirm his way out of this task the best he
could. He made every excuse he could. And the one that is quite
funny to me really is when Moses said:
"But Moses pleaded with the Lord,
'O Lord, I'm just not a good speaker. I never have been, and I am
not now, even after You have spoken to me. I am clumsy with words."
Exodus 4:10
Now God didn't answer him here; "O
you are right Moses. Sorry I forgot all about your speaking
impairment. You will never be able to do it, you are right. Sorry
about bothering you, I will be on My way. Bye." No! God knew about
his speaking impairment, but He also knew that with His power,
there will be no speaking impairment anymore. He answered him as
follows:
"Who makes mouths?" the Lord asked
him. "Who makes people so they can speak or not speak, hear or not
hear, see or not see? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go, and do as I
have told you. I will help you speak well, and I will tell you what
to say." Exodus 4:11, 12
God uses our weaknesses to prove
that He is God. He is the mighty One who can overcome anything and
make a success out of it! Paul confirmed this when he said that he
will boast only in his weaknesses, because then God's power can be
revealed through it.
When God has called you, don't look
at your weaknesses. Don't look at all the things you are not, but
look up to Him and His infinite power! You can do all things
through Christ who strengthens you. All things! When
God has called you, you are the perfect person for the job, just as
you are. Trust Him to use you just as you are! God doesn't make
mistakes.
But I need to warn you of one
thing, if you are going to keep on resisting God's calling on your
life and keep on resisting it, He might just decide to use someone
else. I have seen that happen in my own life. To cut a long story
short the Lord wanted me to perform a dance at church on a specific
song and I kept on making excuses why I wasn't the right person to
do it. It went on for months on end and at the end of the day I
attended church one morning and there was a lovely girl performing
a dance on exactly the same song!! The same version, everything. I
resisted too long and the Lord decided to use someone else.
Moses might have protested and
groaned, but then he started to move and God blessed him for doing
that. Friends, God doesn't make mistakes. He made you exactly as
you are for the task He has before you. Step out in faith and move
when the time has come.
Lord thank you for making us
perfect. Thank you that we are just right for the task You have
before us. Give us the energy to move when You say the time has
come. Amen