"He said to them: 'It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.'"
Acts 1:7 (NIV)
Moses stood before a burning bush and argued with God. God sent him back to Egypt to face Pharaoh again. Moses did not open with excitement at all. He opened with an excuse instead of courage.
"I have never been eloquent," Moses told God at the bush. He described himself as slow of speech and slow of tongue. To Moses, this felt less like humility and more like an excuse. He believed his own mouth was reason enough to stay home.
God cut through the excuse before Moses finished making it. He asked Moses a sharp question about who gives mouths. In Exodus 4:12, God promised to help him speak. Moses did not need a better tongue, only clearer focus.
We make the same argument Moses made at that bush. We list our weaknesses as reasons God should choose someone else. We forget that God is not asking about our timeline or our skill. He already told His disciples the timing was never theirs to know.
Notice how easy it is to hide behind Moses' same excuse. God is not waiting for your excuses to run out first. He already knows what you lack, and He is not asking you to fix it. Today, He is asking you to obey and trust Him with the results.
Godseekers, you are standing at your own version of that bush. Moses walked away with the same slow tongue he arrived with. What changed was not his ability but his obedience that day. Walk forward the same way, unfinished but sent anyway.
Prayer
Father of mercies, some of us feel as unqualified as Moses did that day. We have used our weaknesses as reasons to stay silent for years. We are not pretending that fear and hesitation are not real. But we choose to trust that You still send unfinished people. Meet us in our hesitation and help us go anyway. In Jesus' name, Amen.
Personal Reflection
- What excuse have you been using to avoid what God is asking?
- What would change in your church or family if more people went anyway?
Step of Faith
Today, read Exodus 4:10-12 slowly and out loud, then pray it over yourself. Notice every place where you would have made Moses' excuse. Today, He is asking you to obey and trust Him with the results. Let this be the moment you stop waiting for the excuse to run out.
