FEAST: 30 Days of Real Truth for Real LifeSample

Day 6: Moses—Doubt

Snack

1. If you’ve ever doubted God’s ability to use you, you’re in good company! Even people who seemingly "have it altogether", like Moses did, have moments of doubt.

2. God may well use the very thing you have/are doing now for His glory.

3. It was God that qualified Moses for his call, not Moses’ credentials.

Appetiser

What excuses have you given God when He’s asked you to do things?

Main Course

"Then the Lord said to him, 'What is that in your hand?' 'A staff,' he replied." (Exodus 4:2 NIV)

In Exodus 4:2, God asks Moses what’s in his hand. He doesn’t talk about all of the amazing things he’s done and how wonderful he is, he simply asks him what he’s holding.

Moses was a normal man. It was God who enabled him to do what he did.

Before Moses became someone who had regular interactions with God, he helped his father in law, Jethro, shepherd a flock. An actual flock of sheep. Therefore, he had a staff. And so at the point God asks Moses what’s in his hand, that's exactly what was there. His staff. An ordinary staff.

This same, ordinary staff is what God enables Moses to supernaturally use. If you've ever read or read about all of the plagues that God sent so that Pharaoh would let the Israelites go, you'll note that this 'ordinary' staff is heavily featured! (See Exodus 7-12 for more.)

So, what’s in your hand?

For Moses, it was a staff. What has God given you an ability or even an interest in? Even if you think it’s useless, don’t doubt it.

What if it's the very thing that God wants to use!