Friday, February 9, 2018

Moses Excuses

7The Lord said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites. 9And now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen the way the Egyptians are oppressing them. 10So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
11But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
12And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, youb will worship God on this mountain.”
13Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what shall I tell them?”
14God said to Moses, “I am who I am.c This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ”
15God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,d the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ (Ex. 2)

Thoughts: Moses had killed an Egyptian, and fled to the desert for a long period of exile.  He had been alone and learned the life of the Bedouin/desert people.  God called Moses to back and make a difference.  Moses gave various excuses to not go. 1) He said, “Who am I” or “You’ve got the wrong guy.; 2) “I’m not ready yet” He felt he didn’t have enough know-how- God said, “This is what you are to say.”  3) I might fail- what if they don’t believe me? God showed his power;  4) I don’t have the skills- I am slow to speak- stutter; 5) Someone else will do it- Moses says, “Please send someone else.”  Anyone can say this about anything. When we look at what Moses did, we say, “How can you possibly say that you were the right person at the right time for the right calling.” 
Let us not give excuses, but give ourselves tot he Lord without excuse.  Lord, let me believe in you and your call to me. 

Prayer: Lord, give me ears to hear your voice calling me.   

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