“So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”            Exodus 3:10 NIV

Humanly speaking, Moses was an unlikely person to be called to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. There was a price on his head in Egypt. He was in exile. Yet the Lord’s ways are not our ways. When the Lord works, He almost always works through the most unqualified people. Not only with Moses, but with so many in the Old and New Testament. Think of Peter. This means waiting for them to get into the right position at the right time. It means allowing them to develop to the point that they are ready to do what He calls them to do. It means patiently enduring through their failures and setbacks. In short: it means a lot of waiting. It all takes longer than we want it to take. In the end, though, His approach reveals and increases His greatness and glory more fully than if He simply did everything Himself. How unqualified we are for the mission to which our Lord has called us. Jesus reminds us that He chose us, we did not choose Him (John 15:16). Just as He said to Moses, Joshua, Peter, so our Lord is saying to us: “I will be with you.” (Exodus 3:12). We must remember His ways will always be better than anything we might have done on our own. Moses’ initial attempt at doing something about Israel’s misery started with murder. It could only get worse from there. God’s way led to freedom for the nation. When we trust in His timing in our own lives, things will go more smoothly for us.

PRAYER THOUGHT

Lord Jesus, stop us from trusting in our own ways.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord, constantly remind us that Your ways will always be better than anything we might have done on our own. When we trust in Your timing in our own lives, things will go more smoothly for us. AMEN

INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)

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