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Jars of Clay
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Pastor Jojo Ma
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Exodus 4:10-17
10 But Moses said to the LORD, "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." 11 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? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak." 13 But he said, "Oh, my Lord, please send someone else." 14 Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and He said, "Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do. 16 He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him. 17 And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs."
10 But Moses said to the LORD, "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." 11 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? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak."
Does having a genuine disability mean you shouldn’t serve the Lord?
11 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?
God is the Creator and even with our physical weaknesses, disabilities, and limitations, it is God who made us, loves us, and can still use us for His glory and His purposes.
12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
2 Cor 4:7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
It's been said that “the heart of the matter is a matter of the heart” and we see this in Moses’ last complaint: 13 Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.
14 Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and He said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.”
Isn’t it amazing the depths of God’s mercy and grace toward His own? See how patient God is. Look at how, even in His anger, God stoops down, way down, to help and comfort Moses.
Do you know that God has spoken just as clearly to us as He did to Moses? God may not speak audibly to us today, but He does speak just as clearly.
Will we trust and obey? Or will we, like Moses, offer complaints, objections, and excuses?
His Word is clear. His power is able. The question is: Will I trust and obey?
Let us put off the excuses that only weigh us down. And let us serve Christ and His bride the church, even in our weakness and stammering tongues, as jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.