Excuses, excuses, excuses
Exodus 4:10, “Then Moses said to the LORD, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent , neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant ; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
The human race is the master of the excuse whenever anything goes wrong we make an excuse for why it’s not our fault. Look at the story of creation; when man ate the fruit from the tree that God had forbid. Adam blamed Eve then Eve blamed the serpent. In a way we stand back and look at that story and get a sense of satisfaction because we think it gives us the right to make an excuse before God and put the blame on Satan for our mistakes. At times Satan is to blame for us sinning before god. But, there are other times when we must admit, OK, God I messed up, I’m sorry that I did that, and with Your help I will live a life that is pleasing to you.
However, when we mess up is not the only time that we make excuses. Sometimes we make excuses before God because we feel inadequate to do what He has called us to. In the beginning of the story of Moses'(God’s) redemption of the Israelites Moses tried to make excuse after excuse why he wasn’t the man that God wanted. He told God the Israelite people won’t listen to me, and then he told God I can’t talk very good(maybe he stuttered); finally Moses told God Pharaoh won’t believe that You sent me. Every time Moses made an excuse as to why he couldn’t do it God came back with a solution as to why he could do it through God’s power. Which is reassuring to know that God will overcome any doubt that we may have in serving Him.
In 1992 after the Lord saved me He called me into the mission field. I like all people felt inadequate to serve a Holy God. I tried to use what I call my “Moses Excuse” to tell God why I wasn’t the right person for this assignment, but every time I came up with an excuse God came up with a reason as to why that excuse was invalid. We can make excuse after excuse after excuse before God but if we truly trust Him our excuses will not matter the only thing that will matter is do we really believe in His power to overcome our weaknesses.
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Father, I thank You for providing me with the endless supply of Your power, and I ask that You would remind me the next time I feel unworthy at Your calling that Your glory will shine brightly through my unworthiness. In Jesus’ name, Amen
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