‘Meet the Lord God who doesn’t accept excuses’ (Exodus 4:1-17)

When God called to Moses from the burning bush, He also commissioned him for the task He had in mind – of Moses going to Pharaoh with the news! As Exodus 4:1-17 tells us, Moses was quite unwilling and hesitant and…well, frankly…scared! So instead of implicit obedience from Moses, there was continued excuses…. but the Lord God who called him, would accept none of them and sent him anyway!

Message

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The fourth is this series

This conversation!

Moses’ attempts to wriggle out of his responsibility!

Note how Moses gave God …

The ‘what if?’ excuse (v.1-9)

The ‘I’m not capable’ excuse (v.10-12)

The ‘please find someone else’ excuse (v.13-17)

A need to trust God
…that His call is His enabling
…that He will help you use what He has given you
…in a way that shows implicit obedience