Read Exodus 4.
Moses moved from questioning what God commanded him to do to outright rejection of what God said! All of his excuses centered on his feelings of inadequacy. Meanwhile, God continued to demonstrate that the job depended upon His adequacy, not Moses. The last verse tells the true result God was after.
1. The people did believe the message.
2. The people realized that God had heard and was answering their prayers.
3. They people worship the LORD.
God wanted to use Moses to help millions of enslaved people. Priceless! But Moses wanted to give it away. God wanted to give Moses national and international influence as a leader. But Moses wanted to protect himself and stay where he was. God wanted to demonstrate His omnipotence. Moses only focused on his own limitations.
It is a good thing that God is patient with all of us as we daily learn that He is trustworthy.
The LORD delights in using people who know that the adequacy for the assignment in not within them. The Apostle Paul put it this way in 2 Corinthians 4:7-"But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us." Humble service for God allows all the glory to go to Him alone.
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