你有甚么借口?
出埃及记三章11至14节,四章1至5节
11摩西对神说:我是甚么人,竟能去见法老,将以色列人从埃及领出来呢?
12神说:我必与你同在。你将百姓从埃及领出来之后,你们必在这山上事奉我;这就是我打发你去的证据。
13摩西对神说:我到以色列人那里,对他们说:你们祖宗的神打发我到你们这里来。他们若问我说:他叫甚么名字?我要对他们说甚么呢?
14神对摩西说:我是自有永有的;又说:你要对以色列人这样说:那自有的打发我到你们这里来。
出埃及记4
1摩西回答说:他们必不信我,也不听我的话,必说:耶和华并没有向你显现。
2耶和华对摩西说:你手里是甚么?他说:是杖。
3耶和华说:丢在地上。他一丢下去,就变作蛇;摩西便跑开。
4耶和华对摩西说:伸出手来,拿住他的尾巴,他必在你手中仍变为杖;
5如此好叫他们信耶和华─他们祖宗的神,就是亚伯拉罕的神,以撒的神,雅各的神,是向你显现了。
信息分享
我是甚么人,怎配得你的呼召呢?(三11)
我不知道该说些甚么。(三13)
他们不会相信我的。(四1)
我没有口才。(四10)
你为甚么不派另一个人去为你工作呢?(四13)
当神希望你去为祂做某件工作时,你曾经用过类似的借口来推托祂呢?你是否意识到,在谦虚与违抗这两种心态之间,是有一条很微妙的界线呢?
难道神不会加力给我们,让我们有能力去完成祂所托付的工作吗?神如果呼召我们去做某项工作,祂就一定会将我们所需用的一切赐予我们,让我们能够将工作做成;祂只希望我们听从祂的吩咐,和忠心履行祂的托付。
摩西以为他要靠自己的口才来说服法老;但神却对他说:「我会与你同在」。只要有神的同在,一切困难都可以迎刃而解了。
人只要信靠神的呼召,将生命交在神的手里,神就可以大大地使用他来成就自己的计划。当摩西愿意顺服神的心意,神就与他一同回到埃及,一同经过红海,一同越过旷野。神永不离弃我们;祂应许永远与我们同在,赐力量给我们渡过每一个日子。
反思:
不要编造各种借口来推托神;顺服神的呼召,看看神最终会怎样使用你。
WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE?
Exodus 3: 11 - 14; 4: 1 - 5
11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”
12 So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”
13 Then Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me, ‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?”
14 And God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM.” And He said, “Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
1 Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
2 So the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?”
He said, “A rod.”
3 And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.
4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand),
5 “that they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”
Message
1. Who am I that you should call me? 3:11
2. I don't know what to say 3:13.
3. They won't believe me 4:1.
4. I am not a good speaker 4:10.
5. Why don't you send someone else? 4:13.
Have you ever used any of these excuses when God has wanted to use you to do something for him? Do you realise there is a very fine line between being humble and being unwilling? Or between humility and disobedience?
Can't we trust God for what we should say? If God calls us he will provide every need. He just wants us to be obedient and faithful.
Moses thought he would have to convince Pharaoh by his own power of words. But God said, 'I will be with you'. That would be sufficient!
There is no end to what God can do with a life that is yielded to him. When Moses yielded to God's will, God went with him back to Egypt, through the Red Sea and through the desert. God will never leave us. He will always be with us and give us strength for each new day.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Don't make excuses. Just say yes to God and see how he will use you.

