Excuses.

So I'm reading through Exodus and got to where Moses encountered God at the burning bush - chapter 3 & 4. God tells Moses that he hears the cries of his children and will keep the promise he made to Jacob/Israel to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. God goes on to say that he will do that through Moses, that he has called Moses for such a time as this.. That Moses will stand before Pharaoh and speak for the Israelites so that they can be set free (they were being afflicted by the Egyptians). Immediately God mentioned Moses going before Pharaoh, Moses goes

1. "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?"
• God says "But I will be with you.." This wasn't enough for Moses because further down the chapter, he gives another excuse..
2. "But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice. for they shall say "the Lord did not appear to you."
• God gives Him a sign to appease the Israelites and show that God truly has sent him. And then, the very thing Moses was worried about. I believe excuses 1 and 2 were birthed out of this last one. Moses saw himself as in-eloquent and therefore believed that he was incapable of standing before Pharaoh and that the Israelites will not "listen to his voice."
3. "Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue."
•  God also resolved this excuse by saying He is God and will be with His mouth. Moses goes "Oh God please send someone else." This sentence right here hit home for me. How many times have God called you and you tell him to use other people. Sometimes I even name people who I think are adequate and perfect for the mission. A lot of us have been here. Thing is that God tends to call us for a mission that is tremendously beyond our capabilities because He wants to show himself as God. However, God later decided to give Moses Aaron (Moses' brother) to speak alongside him.

Did you know that as time passed (Genesis 8 to be exact), Moses started speaking to Pharaoh himself? Did you know that God doesn't call you and leave you? He won't bring you this far to leave you. God is not oblivious to your inadequacies, He understands that you have a reason to worry BUT He will be with you. Your concerns are valid and that is why God attends to them. It is okay to have inadequacies but you shouldn't dwell on them. God wants us to walk by faith and not by sight. He wants to know that even when all is not well that we will walk with Him. That regardless of how bad it is looking you wouldn't let those excuses get the best of you. Let go of those excuses and dive fully into what He has called you to do.

*All excerpts are from ESV Bible Version.