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Thursday... What is it that keeps us from doing?


Exodus 4:2 (NLT), "Then the Lord asked him, 'What is that in your hand?' ' A shepherd's staff,' Moses replied."

Thursday... What is it that keeps us from doing?

Fear is an interesting thing but it is something that keeps us so many times from doing. But it is different for each one of us.

Here in the desert, Moses was given an opportunity to do an amazing task for God and for his people. But here is what Moses said in verse 4:1, "But Moses protested again, 'What if they won't believe me or listen to me? What if they say, '"The Lord never appeared to you?"'" 


What ifs can be a big thing but they are also just excuses we use.

But look at what Moses was facing. For one he was talking to a burning bush that wasn't burning up. And then in verse 2 it says, "Then the Lord asked him, 'What is that in your hand?' 'A shepherd's staff,' Moses replied." But that wasn't the big deal.

God didn't stop there. Verses 3-4 says, "'Throw it down on the ground,' the Lord told him, 'Reach out and grab its tail.' So Moses reached out and grabbed it, and it turned back into a shepherd's staff."

Now that is what I would be afraid to do but not Moses.

Yes, we are each one individuals. We are definitely unique and God knows us. He knows our strengths and he knows our weaknesses and fears. He knew that Moses was afraid to get up and talk with people but with his being out in the desert herding sheep, he didn't have a problem with reaching down and picking up a snake.

We each one have but ifs in our lives that keeps us from doing unbelievable stuff that God has for us to do and he knows what they are. Yes he knows what our excuses are and what it is going to take for us to do what he wants. We will need real faith. Yes, real faith is so important for us to have in order to do what God wants us to do. And he will at some point test us to see if we have it.

I would have had real problems with the picking up the snake and Moses had real problems with speaking in front of people. And that is where God will take us.

Now God eventually solved Moses's problem by having his brother to do the talking. Yes Moses lack of faith did seem to frustrate God but he still used hum in a great way. Along the way we see that it would have been better if it hadn't been a problem but God still used him. And God wants to do the same thing with and through us in spite of our what ifs. Yes, Moses did what God wanted in spite of his problem.

Now God even used his picking up a snake to show that God is powerful. Yes, he will use our abilities and also our fears if we do what he wants us to do. So let's not let anything keep us from doing what God wants us to do. God knows what he is doing and he has unbelievable stuff that he wants to do through each of us. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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