Exodus 4

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The devil's two greatest tools doubt and discouragement. He has brought some of the strongest men in the world to a standstill with doubt, and discouragement can cripple even a strong will. Moses had a little bit of a speech problem, he was obviously painfully aware of it. As a result he doubted his ability. Even though God himself was telling him he could do it, Moses still doubted.

Oh How the devil does like to cast doubt into our hearts. I know, because he cast much of it into mine for a long time. The Lord will gently nudge us in the direction we should go, yet we just can't believe that is what we are supposed to do. We listen to that little voice that tells us we are not good enough, or that we will never be able to do that. I know that there are people right now, who are not wanting to acknowledge that little nudge because they have no faith in themselves even though God is telling them they are. I can promise you that little nudge will turn into a shove soon enough, The Lord has a plan, and you are part of it, what you think in the matter is not as important.

I find comfort in the fact that God recognizes that all of the reassuring is not helping Moses' confidence, so He tells Moses to meet up with Aaron. Often people will paint God as an angry vengeful God in the Old Testament, but I think this is a good example of God showing his love. Verse 14 tells us that God's anger was kindled, anyone with children has an inkling of what that anger feels like. You know the story, you try to get your child to do something, and they do not want to budge, you know that great things (at least in our minds) will happen if they will just get on board, but to no avail the child will not budge, so you get angry, but you don't shut the whole thing down, you love them, you find a way to give the child the comfort they need in a physical form. This is what God does for Moses. HE gives him the comfort he needs to move. God loves us, always has, and always will.

Peace,
Brian