Moses stood before the Lord, trembling at his assignment—confront the most powerful man in the world and tell him to let all his slaves go free. Moses asked a simple question. What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, “The Lord did not appear to you?”
Then the Lord asked Moses a question. What is that in your hand?
Moses showed the Lord his staff, which the Lord turned into a snake and freaked Moses out. Then the Lord reversed the snake back into a staff when Moses inched forward and grabbed it by the tail.
The Lord showed Moses a few other tricks. God could have gone on all day playing party games of miracles with Moses, but God had plans and needed Moses to understand them.
I join Moses in freaking out when I think about what was going on. The Lord sent Moses into the battle of his life with only a stick in his hands.
The point, of course, is not the stick, but the Lord who manipulates the stick. The Lord can use whatever he wants to meet whatever need I have. He’s the Lord of all creation. Whatever I hold today, God can multiply it tomorrow.
How did Moses respond? He shouldered his stick and headed to Egypt—with clear eyes and newfound confidence in the God behind that stick.
Exodus 4 in reading the Bible cover to cover in 2022
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The je for this encouraging word. Needed it this morning.