Good morning Forum Folks,
I was reading in Exodus this morning, and I just love this dialogue between Moses and God:
Moses said to the LORD, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue."
The LORD said to him, "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 will teach you what to say." But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it."
I guess I like it so much because it reminds me of myself. I am not an eloquent speaker, even though I have been a teacher and presenter on occasion. Sometimes I studder, and I am very self conscience about it. Yet, all that doesn't matter to God. He seems to delight in exploiting the very attributes in us that we consider our weaknesses. I often say to God: send someone else! I am not the man for the job!!
This reading also reminded me of Paul's "thorn in the flesh". Paul prayed three times for God to remove it from him, but God replied:
My strength is made perfect in weakness" (2 Corinthians 12:9)
I guess that is what it really means to trust God - do what He says in spite of our weaknesses.
ciao,
JavaJoe