(Long Scripture not included here) Read Exodus 3:1 – 4:16
A much longer scripture today so
I’ll keep it short. This story of Moses’
call is very dear to me. I so identify
with Moses’s objections to what God wanted him to do. I could not imagine myself doing what God was
calling me to do over thirty years ago. I
was quite sure I did not have the skills to be a pastor. I so wanted God to send someone else.
Like God was with Moses, God was
patient with me. Every objection was
slowly and quietly met with encouragement and comfort. There were people saying just the right words
at just the right time. However, God did
not relent. It was six years that I kept
resisting, so I was much more stubborn than Moses. But God did not stop.
Here’s the bottom line. If you pay attention to the language used in
the scripture. God was not asking Moses
if he would like to go lead the Israelites out of Egypt. He said, “I am sending you.” God was not asking me either. He was saying, “Eric, I’m sending you.”
At least one someone reading this
is hearing those same words, “I’m sending you.”
My encouragement, and Moses’s encouragement if he were writing this
would be simply this; obey.
I shudder to think what I would
have missed if I kept saying no. I
shudder to think what would have been if God had given up on me. But God never will. God won’t ever give up on you either. Obey.
I promise you’ll never forget it.
Prayer: When you call us Lord, help us through our
objections so we can obey. Your plan is
our best plan. Amen.
Prayer Focus: Pray
for people who struggling with God’s call
Song: Go Down Moses –
Louie Armstrong
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