Have you ever felt like Moses, trembling in front of the burning bush, pleading with God, “Please send some else”?
That’s where I am at right now. God has put something on my heart, a work I feel totally inadequate for. I know He wants me to do this, but I find myself shaking in my boots, all too aware of my humanity.
It’s at moments like these, I find comfort in this quote from the book, Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 333, which says:
“As the will of man co-operates with the will of God, it becomes omnipotent. Whatever is to be done at His command may be accomplished in His strength. All His biddings are enablings.”
You see, it doesn’t matter how big the task is, because we serve a big God! No matter how unqualified we feel, how inadequate, imperfect, God reminds us, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” (2 Corinthians 12:9). What God is calling us to do may seem impossible, “but with God all things are possible.” (Matthew 19:26).
Your talents may seem puny, your resources limited, but remember it was with just a wooden staff God turned water into blood and parted the Red Sea. “Nothing is too hard” for our God. (Jeremiah 32:17)
This morning is God asking the impossible of you? Then get up and get going. I know you feel inadequate. So do I, but remember, you’re not in this alone. The same God who went with Moses, “goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” (Deuteronomy 31:8).
Stop putting it off, hoping He’ll choose someone else. He chose you! So get to work. Don’t wait for the sea to part, for your doubts to disappear. Remember “the Lord himself goes before you…”.
Just pick up your staff and go!