Exodus 4
Exodus 4
I remember the first time leading a huddle, staring at all the people we entrusted under my leadership and thinking, Can I do this? I felt incompetent in leading a group of young believers, knowing that I didn’t know all the answers.
God speaks to Moses supernaturally through a burning bush and calls him to set the Israelites free. Moses, being wanted for murder in Egypt, is fearful and questions whether God chose the right person. God shows Moses the wonders He can accomplish through Moses, and still Moses makes excuses for his poor speech.
In truth, Moses wasn’t the most competent person. Moses was wanted for murder and probably extremely unliked, seen as a traitor among the Egyptians. He was poor in speech. From our perspective, it seems that sending someone of high power and statice with a natural talent to engage a crowd would be better. Yet God chose Moses.
God didn’t choose Moses because of his talents but in spite of them. Moses was insufficient, yet God could and would use him to deliver His people. Through using Moses to work wonders, speak against Pharoah, and eventually free the Israelites, God proves His sufficiency.
God doesn’t need us to have all the answers or have exceptional talent; in fact, He doesn’t expect us to. He knows our failures and flaws, yet He chooses to use us anyway. By using Moses and us, insufficient people, His power is made all the more magnificent.
In 2 Corinthians 12:9, God speaks to Paul, saying, “‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.’” And Paul responds by saying, “Therefore I will boast all the gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.” When our weaknesses are made known, Christ’s power is magnified. This enables us to speak of the powerful King that we call Father and the work that He has done in transforming our lives.
God never left Moses to do the work on his own. If he did, Moses surely would have failed. God worked through Moses, displaying his sufficiency through an insufficient man. In the same way, God doesn’t leave us to accomplish His mission on our own, either. He gives us the Holy Spirit to convict us, speak truth to us, and speak truth through us. It has and always will be God’s story, but He empowers us to be the ones to share it in a dark world.
God has freed us from our sins just as He freed the Israelites from slavery. He has called us to walk in newness, the fullness of Christ.
It was only through being reminded of 2 Corinthians 12:9 that I was able to lead my first huddle. I had to take a step back and recognize that I am never going to be sufficient enough to lead them, but because I am covered in the blood of Jesus, His Spirit dwells within me, and the power of Christ is sufficient enough.
Do you trust that God is enough?
