Sometimes I feel like Gideon or Moses when I am thinking about something I should do. Sometimes I feel God prompting me to say something or do something and I freeze! I can’t do or say that! Who am I to do or say something? Both Gideon and Moses asked the same thing. We all have our weaknesses. Moses was afraid to talk to Pharaoh even though he was raised as an Egyptian prince. Gideon felt insignificant and did not think he could lead the army into battle. They both said I can’t do that to God.
“What is your greatest desire” was the topic of a recent devotional I read. My desire is not at Walmart but to write. Yet, when I read other blog posts, I think my writing is not so good! I can’t write that good! Then somebody comes along and says they love my writing. Am I telling God I can’t when He clearly wants me writing for Him? Does God want me to quit my job and write full time? Am I ready to trust Him for my needs?
Yesterday, the Sunday morning Life Group at my church, talked about Joshua and Caleb. They went with ten others to scout out the land God had promised them. The twelve men found the land had great soil with plenty of water. However, the people were very tall and well built and their cities were walled. The ten told the rest of the people “We can’t go in and take the land, we will all die”! However, Joshua and Caleb said, “the Lord had promised the land and He will give it to us”. Sometimes, I feel like I can tackle anything like Joshua and Caleb and other times I am like the other ten who said we can’t do that!
Unlike Moses and Gideon, Joshua and Caleb had faith God would help them overcome their obstacles. Joshua and Caleb were the only ones of the twelve to enter the promised land forty years later. I want faith like Joshua and Caleb. However, God still used Moses and Gideon in great ways, but they did not have faith like Joshua and Caleb. I look at the stack of bills on my desk and say to God I can’t write for a living how will I pay my bills? God says, “Trust me!”
What is your biggest challenge? What are you afraid of doing you think God wants you to do?
Read these stories in Exodus 4, Numbers 13 and 14, and Judges 6 and 7 of the Bible.
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