Well we are not alone, the great Moses also felt inadequate and actually refused to trust God to speak for and through him to give the "Let the Israelites go speeches" requiring his brother Aaron to do the talking. Check out the passage.
Exodus 4:10-17 (http://www.biblegateway.com)
New International Version (NIV)
10 Moses said to the Lord, “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.”
11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”
13 But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”
14 Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses and he said, “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you. 15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. 16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. 17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it.”
I can relate to this as my wife and I have felt so inadequate to honor God and fulfil his purpose in the health journey's he has allowed us to be on. We have found him to be faithful though if we choose to seek him.
Are we reluctant like Moses? Do we feel inadequate like Moses did? How are we responding to what God is asking of us?
We can draw encouragement from the fact that great bible characters like Moses had the same struggles we do.
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11 The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”
13 But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”
14 Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses and he said, “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you. 15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. 16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. 17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it.”
I can relate to this as my wife and I have felt so inadequate to honor God and fulfil his purpose in the health journey's he has allowed us to be on. We have found him to be faithful though if we choose to seek him.
Are we reluctant like Moses? Do we feel inadequate like Moses did? How are we responding to what God is asking of us?
We can draw encouragement from the fact that great bible characters like Moses had the same struggles we do.
I Surrender
Walk With Me
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