Mon.’s Devo - Moses’ Arguments

Read Ex. 4:1-17 It seems silly to argue with God, but Moses did and we do too. God gave him this commission to go deliver the people and told him exactly what would happen and that God would bring the success. You don’t get it much better than that, but Moses still argued because all Moses could see was himself. His first argument was: “what if they don’t believe me and do what I say?” So God gave Moses a hands-on lesson. He asked him what was in his hand and he said a rod. So God told him to throw it down and when he did it became a serpent. Moses ran. Then God told him to take the snake by the tail and when it did, it became a rod again. Then he told him to put his hand into his chest and when he took it out it was leprous. He told him to put it back again and when he took it out again it was restored. So these would be his 2 signs that he could perform to prove he had heard from God. But if these didn’t work then he was to take water from the river and pour it on dry ground and it would become blood. I wonder if these signs weren’t addressing Moses’ greatest fears: snakes, leprosy, and lack of water. But Moses had an even greater fear - the fear of speaking publicly. God reminded him that he made Moses the way he was and he knew his weaknesses. God would make Moses’ weakness his strength if he would let him. When Moses still wasn’t sure, God got angry with Moses’ lack of faith and he told him he could use Aaron, his birth brother to speak for him. I don’t know if Moses and Aaron had kept up with each other over the years, but Aaron would be prompted to go try to find Moses. God will never send us to do something that he doesn’t first equip us with what we will need. He loves to work through our weaknesses to show us His strength. He will many times put us in situations where only He can deliver us. It is our training exercises to strengthen us for the next test. In the process he will make us face our greatest fears. God took the natural: rod and hand and turned it into the supernatural. All God needs is what we already have. His touch makes it supernatural! Lord, get us to the place that we skip the argument and go straight to the test. Promotion comes from you. Read Ex. 4:1-17 It seems silly to argue with God, but Moses did and we do too. God gave him this commission to go deliver the people and told him exactly what would happen and that God would bring the success. You don’t get it much better than that, but Moses still argued because all Moses could see was himself. His first argument was: “what if they don’t believe me and do what I say?” So God gave Moses a hands-on lesson. He asked him what was in his hand and he said a rod. So God told him to throw it down and when he did it became a serpent. Moses ran. Then God told him to take the snake by the tail and when it did, it became a rod again. Then he told him to put his hand into his chest and when he took it out it was leprous. He told him to put it back again and when he took it out again it was restored. So these would be his 2 signs that he could perform to prove he had heard from God. But if these didn’t work then he was to take water from the river and pour it on dry ground and it would become blood. I wonder if these signs weren’t addressing Moses’ greatest fears: snakes, leprosy, and lack of water. But Moses had an even greater fear - the fear of speaking publicly. God reminded him that he made Moses the way he was and he knew his weaknesses. God would make Moses’ weakness his strength if he would let him. When Moses still wasn’t sure, God got angry with Moses’ lack of faith and he told him he could use Aaron, his birth brother to speak for him. I don’t know if Moses and Aaron had kept up with each other over the years, but Aaron would be prompted to go try to find Moses. God will never send us to do something that he doesn’t first equip us with what we will need. He loves to work through our weaknesses to show us His strength. He will many times put us in situations where only He can deliver us. It is our training exercises to strengthen us for the next test. In the process he will make us face our greatest fears. God took the natural: rod and hand and turned it into the supernatural. All God needs is what we already have. His touch makes it supernatural! Lord, get us to the place that we skip the argument and go straight to the test. Promotion comes from you.