January 21st Devotion

Exodus 3:11 (NIV)
11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh
and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"

How many times do you think someone has asked this question? “Who am I, that I should….” Moses knew that he had no authority to approach the Pharaoh, instructing him to release all the Hebrew slaves. In fact, Moses had slave blood in his veins. Moses had killed an Egyptian for beating a Hebrew. Moses knew that the Pharaoh had the power of live and death over the entire nation, and certainly over a run-away slave that rejection his adoption into the royal family.

I can relate to Moses, and surely many others can too. I could easily have said, “With my background, who am I to lead bible studies or become a pastor?”

The real point isn’t “Who am I?”, but Who is God. That question has a simple answer. “Who are You to send me?” “I am God who sends you. I am God, who spoke the universe into existence. I am God who gave you the breathe of life. I am God who gave his one and only Son to die for you. I am God who not only has power of life and death of the body, but life and death of the soul. Who are you?, you are the one I am calling to do this.”

God’s credentials has a completely different feel to it than mine. He does have the authority, all the authority. What did Moses do? He did exactly what God told him to do.

What do you do?

Love, Pastor Don