How do you feel when you hear that God has a calling for your life? Encouraged? Scared? Confused?
Maybe you think: What if I mess up? Why did God pick me? What if I don’t want to do whatever it is? The idea that God has a call on our life is mystical, encouraging, and scary. If you feel this way you are not alone.
Moses had the same feelings in Exodus chapter 4. During his conversation with God at the burning bush when God tells Moses to bring Israel out of slavery. Moses tries to talk God out of it. I am just going to focus on verses 10-12.
10 Then Moses said to the Lord, "Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in the past, nor since You have spoken to your servant; for I am slow to speech and slow of tongue."
Obviously, God chose the wrong person. God was calling Moses to speak, but Moses was not a good speaker.
11-12 And the Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes people unable to speak or hear, able to see or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say.
Okay, maybe God did choose the right person.
I love the last part, I will…teach you what you are to say.
Teaching is different than telling.
Teaching is a process. Telling is a one time thing.
I believe this is true for you and I. God’s calling is a process of God teaching us what we are to do. God does not just drop a calling into our heart and sit back to see if we figure it out. God works in us and through us, teaching us the way in which we should go.
Sure it is scary. Of course it takes time. But God has designed us for this purpose, even if we don’t see it.
Let’s pray.
Jesus, thank you for calling us. Now make us students of your voice, so we can hear you teach us the way. Remind our excuses that You are the God who made us and called us. We know that if you began this work, then you will carry it on to completion. We love you! In your mighty name we pray. Amen.
Love and Blessin’s,
Dave
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