Exodus 4:1–9
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
When God calls a man, the man often has objections. This is not a sign of humility so much as it is a sign of a misplaced focus. After the staggering revelation at the burning bush, after God has declared His holy name and promised deliverance, Moses's first thought is not one of awe-struck worship, but of practical, earth-bound skepticism. This is the question of every preacher, every evangelist, every Christian father who has ever tried to teach his children the catechism. Moses is looking at the stubborn Israelites, and he is looking at his own inadequacies, and he is trying to do the math. He is forgetting the God of the burning bush. He wants something in his back pocket to prove that he is not making this all up. It is an age that prides itself on its skepticism.