Moses, Paul, Noah, Matthew... These are some of the 'big dawgs" we look up to in Christianity. They are the people who have shown us how God can use humans. It's common for us as modern day Christians to think... wow... I can never be as awesome as them. They were great and wonderful men of God, but... they where human. I believe one of the main reasons God tells the background of many of the people he puts in his Word is because he wants to show us that where they are isn't unreachable. He may not use us to part the waters of the Red Sea (but with God all things are possible), but surely we can be "men after God's own heart!" In Exodus we see Moses... "The Moses"... telling God no. He basically says: "I'm not good with words, send someone else, I don't know who you are, and I don't want to go." God's response is: "Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and teach you what to say." (Exodus 3:3)
Moses did do great and wonderful things... but he was still scared out of his mind and thought himself inadequate. HE WAS inadequate-the only thing that made him special was being chosen by GOD. He did great things THROUGH GOD. We have to remember that we are vessels. The thing that made "the saints" so great was because they let God have control and let him will be done in their lives. Alone we don't have the words to say. Jesus (the Messiah) told his disciples "I have come to do great things of which YOU will do even greater". The people of God are chosen to do great things in Christ. Holy Spirit will help us- stop making excuses Moses, and GO!
"I don't wanna go alone, I won't have the words to say... unless your here with me God, unless your here with me."
ps: I commented on Anna Rhode's
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