Now, I have never been hit over the head with a command from God like Moses was in Exodus chapters 3 and 4, but I am comparable to Moses in how I respond when I get “lesser” commands from God.

God was having a conversation with Moses and He was trying to get Moses to understand that if he just did what He was telling him to do, then everything would go fine and the Israelites would be heading out of Egypt soon. We would like to think that if we were Moses and God Himself was giving us a very clear plan that we would listen, but instead here are just a few of the comments Moses made to God: “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”, and then the kicker, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”

That last comment made “the Lord’s anger burn against Moses”! I don’t want to be too hard on Moses as I’m sure this command caught him slightly off guard. I mean, come on, he was just tending his father-in-law’s flock when all this happened–not exactly a prized internship under the current CEO of the company, “How to Free Your People Now, Inc.”.

Again, I haven’t been asked by God to do anything so big and drastic, but doesn’t that mean I should have fewer excuses than Moses? Instead, anytime I feel that God is calling me to do something–very soon after my initial excitement wanes–I hear these voices in my head, “No, that is not what God is calling ME to do. I doubt very much that He wants me to do THAT. Here are 7 very good reasons why this isn’t going to work right now.”

Friends, if you are like me in this we have to stand up and be strong and courageous! (see the Book of Joshua!) I DON’T WANT GOD TO LIMIT WHAT HE MIGHT DO THROUGH ME BECAUSE I WAS NOT READY FOR IT!

I don’t want to get to the end of my life and wonder–“What if?” What would have been different in my life if I was truly obedient to God?

That is our challenge this week. Take time to pray about what is God calling YOU to do for Him?

I don’t know where that will lead you and me, but I do know that we won’t want to miss it!

More to come…
Jeremy