January 31 "Making Bricks Without Straw" Genesis 4-6

The interview between Moses and Jehovah is over. The stumbling Moses has been given a mission. With great reluctance and begrudging acquiescence, Moses fears he is not the man for the job. Exodus 4:10 Do I do the same thing by the way that I live? What about this day? Will I take the Word of God intended to empower me, putting iron in my soul? Will I take this Word of God and digest it, trust it, hold it safe inside of me? “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” A stutterer.

Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.” Exodus 4:12-13. Moses still felt befuzzled---God, you have got the wrong man for this job. And the word in the Hebrew that Moses used is a rather rude razor-sharp response.

God has held all of us safe right where we have landed. Will we trust Him in the midst of our mess of making bricks without straw?

COME BOLDLY: Timeless Prayers
Father, detach me this day from what the stuttering words of distrust that I speak that robs me of my thirst for You and points me toward a diffident path of my own making cause I'm afraid that I don't count. Attach me to Your Immutable Love.

PHOTO:  Standing by the sea oats wondering about Exodus 4:10---God made me this way.  God help me deal with what I face by the sea oats.  It's rather overwhelming.