Exodus 3-5; Luke 22

It took 40 years in the desert to get Moses ready to be the deliverer for the people of God. The one quality trait that would qualify Moses to be the minister that God needed was meekness. We often look for people who are gifted and say boy God could really use them they are so talented or they are so articulate they would make a great teacher or preacher. Moses had none of these. He was not self confident, he was not articulate, in fact he stuttered. He was an old man hardly a person that would put fear in the heart of Pharaoh and his cronies and yet Moses was the right man for the job. What’s interesting is 40 years earlier when Moses was young and confident he was not ready. Meekness had to be produced in Moses and 40 years tending sheep will produce that in you. It has not been my success in life that have produced the qualities and make me usable to God, it is my failures and my desert experiences. Humility comes at a price, but it is necessary for the man or woman of God to be truly used as a deliverer. God give us humble hearts, teach us how desperately we need you today and every day and if we stutter let us know that, that is exactly what we need today because we have to rely on you.

Pastor Rick

Next reading Exodus 6-8; Luke 23