Exodus 4: 10-17: “And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God. And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.”
When the Lord calls someone, he equips them for the task. The Lord called Moses but Moses looked for an excuse not to do the task. He claimed that he was not good at speaking in public and, therefore, would be sure to fail in the task he was given. However, God made Moses and his mouth. The Lord knows the end from the beginning and He knew what He would call Moses do long before Moses was born. It would be inconsistent to assume that the Lord would plan for someone to do a task that that person was unable to do. Moses continued to demur so the Lord told him that his brother would do the speaking and be given some of the credit for the work that Moses would do. Later Moses was called the meekest man in all the earth (Num 12: 3 “(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)”) because he learnt more about the majesty of the Lord but at this stage he was still too proud to submit to the Lord’s will. The Lord, however, is able to work in spite of our weakness and sin and He still sent Moses to set Israel free even though Moses needed some help.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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