But Moses said to the LORD, “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.”
The Lord saw the afflictions that His people were going through in the land of Egypt, and He heard the cries they sent up to Him. As a result, He said to Moses: “I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites” (Exodus 3:8-9).
The Lord chose Moses to help deliver His people. “Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt” (Exodus 3:10). Moses, however, was reluctant. He kept coming up with excuses not to do what the Lord wanted. Among them was the excuse mentioned in our verse for today. Moses realized that he would need to speak to Pharaoh, and he wasn’t a very good speaker.
The Lord wasn’t interested in hearing Moses’ objections. So, He said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak” (Exodus 4:11-12). Moses finally obeyed the Lord and went down to Egypt to do what he was called to do.
The Lord has called you too. There’s nothing unusual about that, for He calls every one of His people. You may be called to get married and have children, go into business, politics, become a lawyer, or enter the ministry. Your callings may not make you as famous as Moses, but they are callings, nonetheless. Like Moses, then, it’s time to get busy fulfilling the calls.
It’s also time to stop with any excuses you may have. The Lord will be your strength where you are weak. He knew about it before He called you. Just as He did for Moses, He’ll help you to overcome them.
