Fully Qualified
“”The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I’ve seen for myself how cruelly they’re being treated by the Egyptians. It’s time for you to go back: I’m sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the People of Israel, out of Egypt.”
Moses answered God, “But why me? What makes you think that I could ever go to Pharaoh and lead the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
”I’ll be with you,” God said. “And this will be the proof that I am the one who sent you: When you have brought my people out of Egypt, you will worship God right here at this very mountain.”
Then Moses said to God, “Suppose I go to the People of Israel and I tell them, ‘The God of your fathers sent me to you’; and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ What do I tell them?”
God said to Moses, “I-AM-WHO-I-AM. Tell the People of Israel, ‘I-AM sent me to you.’”
God continued with Moses: “This is what you’re to say to the Israelites: ‘God, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob sent me to you.’ This has always been my name, and this is how I always will be known.
”Now be on your way. Gather the leaders of Israel. Tell them, ‘God, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, appeared to me, saying, “I’ve looked into what’s being done to you in Egypt, and I’ve determined to get you out of the affliction of Egypt and take you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, a land brimming over with milk and honey.”‘”
My Bit
Moses had a calling even though he didn't feel qualified for the task God had for him. Isn't that how God wants to use us? When we don't see how we are able to accomplish the things He has for us.
Just like the story of Moses we have our stories that God is writing for our lives. God has the same strong calling as He had for Moses in Exodus. When we ask, “”But why me?” God knows we can't do it on our own so His faithful reminder is always, ”I’ll be with you" and when everything He promises to do through us comes to pass we will know that He is God.
The thing Moses had control over was being obedient and saying "yes" to his calling. What we don't realize is the only qualification God looks for is an obedient heart.
God makes us qualified.
Originally posted on January 2011.
