"Moses said to the LORD, 'O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.' The LORD siad to him, 'Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.'" (v.10-12)
There may be times when we are called upon by the Lord, or we may be asked to act on something from the Lord. In many of these cases we may feel inadequate or uncomfortable with obeying such request. Many times we may simply dismiss it believing that we "misheard" or justify that it mustn't had been from God since we are inadequate to properly complete the requested task. Sometimes we may encourages ourselves to do it at a later time when we have sufficiently developed the needed skills. Unfortunately, this is not what the Lord seeks of us. First, we are reminded that He is the Creator of all things. He can supply us with every need. However, the main lesson to be learned is that it is not by our strength (and skills) to which we are to complete things... it is through His. The Lord wants us to be obedient and to depend on Him. Afterall, it is not our abilities He seeks... he can always supply these... it is our availability. Let us therefore always seek Him, obey Him, and depend on Him.
Through weakness learn to trust His Word;
They're not immune to pain or tears,
But learn to rise above their fears. —D. De Haan
God's strength is best seen in our weakness.
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