WARNING PREACHY…
Most
of us have heard the story of when God called Moses to go to Egypt to set the
Israelites free from their slavery in Egypt.
If you’ll remember, the bush was on fire but did not burn up so Moses
went to see the strange sight and that’s when God spoke to him. What you may not know is that five times Moses
tried to get out of it. (Read Exodus chapters 3 & 4)
In
chapter 3 verse 11 Moses asked a question of God – “But who am I to go and speak?” Fair enough, each of us understands this I
think. Because, I could be wrong, but
everyone would wonder if they had the authority for such a task as to go to the
Pharaoh and tell him that God said to free the Hebrew slaves. But God assured Moses that He would be with
Him all the way and enable him to do what he’s been charged to do.
Then
a few verses later in verse 13 Moses questioned God again about telling the
Hebrew leaders that he was going to be assuming the position of leader over the
Children of Israel. He asked God what
would happen if they asked Moses what God’s name was. And God told Moses to simply tell them that I
AM who I AM has sent me.
In
the first verse of chapter 4 Moses asks God a third question; “what if they don’t
believe that you appeared to me?” To
this God gave Moses the signs of the staff turning into a snake, his hand
becoming leprous, and his ability to turn the water from the Nile to blood.
Still
not convinced God’s calling him is a good idea, Moses then tells God that he
doesn’t speak well. To this God asks
Moses who was it that gave man his mouth and ability to speak in the first
place.
Four
times Moses questioned God about the wisdom of calling him and four times God
assures him and provides him with miraculous answers so that He will be
confident to move forward. Then in
chapter 4 verse 13 Moses once more tells God something.
Exodus 4:13
13 But Moses said, “Pardon your servant,
Lord. Please send someone else.”
And there it was, Moses simply did not
want to go so he asked to be passed over for this assignment and the response
was that God’s anger burned against him.
It was as if God became frustrated with the never ending excuses…
Take a few minutes and consider if there
is something that God has been calling to you about and you've been stumbling around
making excuses of your own. My guess is
that there may be.
Matthew 16:24-26
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must
deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 25 For
whoever wants to save their life
will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.
26 What good will it be
for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone
give in exchange for their soul?
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