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“He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might He increases strength.”  Isaiah 40:2 (ESV)

Love the fact that God didn’t sugarcoat scriptures.  He didn’t give us the happy ending without the rough beginnings and all the inbetweens.  Love the way God interacts with His people personally, conversationally and relationally. I especially love the conversation between Moses and God – it’s one we all know well.  God tells Moses – I see, I hear, I know what your people are going through, and you are the one I am going to use to set them free. Moses, however, unloads a ton of baggage and excuses of why he is no longer the one – send someone else.  As the dialogue continues to bounce back and forth, God doesn’t allow Moses’ excuses to excuse him from obedience.

Attempting to opt out of his God ordained destiny, Moses highlights his lack of speech and inability to influence his people or the mighty Pharaoh.  God offers Plan B – your brother, Aaron, is on his way to meet you – I will help you both and teach you what to do.  Moses finally surrenders and God continuously brings him back to the microphone and gives him the exact words to say.  Speak is the common act that God instructs Moses to do time and time again. And through every step of obedience, God does the amazing, unthinkable in transforming Moses’ weaknesses into strengths and delivering the Children of Israel out of bondage.

What weaknesses are we holding onto? Do we really want God’s strength to empower us and move us past the excuses we so easily offer Him?  If Moses had ended His conversation with God rather than wrestled through, he would have missed an amazing opportunity to see God’s power demonstrated in His life.  Perhaps it’s time we brought our perceived weaknesses to God. He already knows what they are but God is eagerly waiting for us to engage with Him and then trust Him to work.  Don’t know about you, but I want that kind of empowerment in my life and it will require that I acknowledge and release my weaknesses so that God can transform them with His strength.  Can’t think of a better way to move forward.

“Father, the enemy wins every time we deny Your power is greater than our weaknesses.  Empower us to trust You completely and walk boldly in obedience.”

For His Glory

Janet Martin
TRBC Women’s Life