CONCLUSION, REFLECT, CHALLENGE

CONCLUSION:

Moses’s focus on his own inadequacies nearly caused him to overlook the intentionality of God’s calling. We often do the same. We convince ourselves we are unqualified even when God, life, and opportunity say otherwise. When we step back from our gifts or refuse to cultivate them, we become like Moses when he begged God to send someone else. Yet God desires you. Specifically, you. Just as there is no replacement for you in God’s heart, there is no replacement for the work you are uniquely shaped to do.

The story does not end with Moses’ refusal. God meets Moses in his limitations and provides the support he needs. In Moses’s case it was Aaron. God can fill the gaps. God can send help. If you sense a desire to do something but feel limited by time, resources, confidence, or skill, it is completely appropriate to ask God for an Aaron. That person may be a friend, partner, mentor, or community. Pray for the people who will help you grow into the purpose set before you.

Moses was not abandoned because he hesitated. He was not dismissed because he doubted. He was accompanied, strengthened, and still invited forward.

REFLECT:

If you imagine yourself saying, “Please send someone else,” as Moses did, what fear or belief is underneath that impulse? What would it look like for God to meet you in that place with presence rather than shame? 

CHALLENGE:

Spend some time reflecting on 1 Thessalonians 5:24 then take some time this week to reflect and journal based on this prompt: Think about a moment when you felt called to something that seemed much larger than your capacity. What emotions surfaced in you, and how did those emotions shape your response to that calling?