APRIL 23, 2015
Now Go!
Now
go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say. —Exodus 4:12 (niv)
Read:
Exodus
4:10-17
More than 10,000
evangelists and Christian leaders sat in a giant auditorium in Amsterdam in
1986 listening to world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham. I sat among them,
listening as he narrated some of his experiences. Then, to my surprise, he
said, “Let me tell you: every time I stand before the congregation of God’s
people to preach, I tremble and my knees wobble!”
What! I wondered. How can such a great preacher who has
enthralled millions with his powerful sermons exhibit trembling and wobbling
knees? Then he went on to describe not fear and stage fright, but
intense humility and meekness as he felt inadequate for the daunting task to
which God had called him. He relied on God for strength, not on his own
eloquence.
Moses felt inadequate when God sent him to deliver the enslaved
Israelites from their 400-year captivity in Egypt. Moses pleaded with the Lord
to send someone else, with the excuse that he had never been a good speaker
(see Ex. 4:10,13).
We may have similar fears when God calls us to do something for
Him. But His encouragement to Moses can also spur us on: “Now go; I will help
you speak and will teach you what to say” (v.12 niv).
As Billy Graham said that day, “When God calls you, do not be
afraid of trembling and wobbling knees, for He will be with you!”
What task does God have for you to do today? Depend on Him by
asking for His help.
Wherever God sends us, He comes alongside us.
INSIGHT: When God called Moses to deliver His people
from Egyptian bondage, Moses was reluctant to obey, giving various reasons why
he was not qualified. He questioned his own identity and worthiness (3:11), his
lack of authority (3:13), his credibility and acceptability (4:1), and his
incapacities (v.10). Although God answered each of Moses’s excuses, God was
angry with Moses for resisting what He had asked him to do (v. 14).
Source: Our Daily Bread 2012
