But I can’t _______ But He can.
Exodus 4:10-12 Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” So the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”
Buuuttt Goooddd……. You can almost hear Moses whining. Moses was arguing with God at the burning bush. He was begging God not to call him to this tasks of leading his people and approaching Pharaoh. He did not feel qualified for the responsibility that God was laying out before him. But God had prepared him all his life for this, all of this, all in His plan to save Israel. He was begging God to send someone else, or even help if it must be. God already knew that and already had prepared Aaron, Moses’s brother. Exodus 4:14 So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said: “Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
Everything you face, everything you struggle with, everything you are to the core, can be used by God. You are His creation, and you are where you find yourself today all in His hands. Your shortcomings can be used to show His power. What you cannot do yourself, you can do through Him, which draws glory to Him as a result. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Matthew Henry put it well: “God is pleased sometimes to make choice of those as his messengers who have fewest of the advantages of art or nature, that his grace in them may appear the more glorious. Christ’s disciples were no orators, till the Spirit made them such.” A popular Christian term these days is “Doing extraordinary things through ordinary people.”
Have you felt and heard God speaking to you; calling you to some purpose of which you feel you are not qualified? Are you scared and running from that call? That call can be anything, but you know it was a word from God. You know in your heart he wants you to speak out, to stand alone on your faith, to be bold for Him. He will provide for you for He did not place that call upon you to see you fail. He placed that call on you to show His power through you, and to draw others to Him as a result. 12 Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”
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