Now go, I will help you speak and will teach you what to say. Exodus 4:12
Moses, a Hebrew child raised as an Egyptian prince and now a refugee in a foreign land has an encounter with God. Moses was having an identity crisis but God cleared it up in verse 11. The LORD said said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Geography, nationality, possibility…..doesn’t matter! We are His.
God is preparing Moses for a world changing mission and Moses is letting God know just how incompetent, under qualified, unprepared, frightened and confused He is. My mental picture is one of God rolling His eyes at Moses’ lack of confidence and faith as He replies. My favorite part of this verse is, “I will teach you what to say.”
We don’t know everything we need to know when we answer God’s call. It is on the job learning/training. In this manner we stay connected to the mind of Christ and His plan of salvation for the world we are given each moment in time and space.
Through faith we can, we must, do what the world deems impossible by following, trusting and depending solely on God.
I am His, and He is Mine,
Gretchen