WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR GOD? ( Part 6)

“Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.”

OVERCOMING INSECURITIES AND FEARS WITH THE HELP OF OUR D.A.P.
Ex 4:1 Moses answered, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The LORD did not appear to you'?" 2 Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied. 3 The LORD said, "Throw it on the ground." Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it. 4 Then the LORD said to him, "Reach out your hand and take it by the tail." So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand. 5 "This," said the LORD, "is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers — the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob — has appeared to you." 6 Then the LORD said, "Put your hand inside your cloak." So Moses put his hand into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was leprous, like snow. 7 "Now put it back into your cloak," he said. So Moses put his hand back into his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his flesh. 8 Then the LORD said, "If they do not believe you or pay attention to the first miraculous sign, they may believe the second. 9 But if they do not believe these two signs or listen to you, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. The water you take from the river will become blood on the ground." 10 Moses said to the LORD, "O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue." 11 The LORD said to him, "Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." 13 But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it." 14 Then the LORD's anger burned against Moses and he said, "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and his heart will be glad when he sees you. 15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. 16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. 17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform miraculous signs with it." 18 Then Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, "Let me go back to my own people in Egypt to see if any of them are still alive." Jethro said, "Go, and I wish you well."

Fear Can Make Us Stubbornly Unyielding To God’s Will.
Moses was approaching 80 years of age. He was going about his daily tasks when God spoke to him through a burning bush (bb). Moses was attracted to the bush because of his curiosity: the bush was on fire but it remained unscathed by the fire; it was not being razed down. Sometimes God uses our curiosity to bring us to Him.

Moses approached the bb and was startled when the bb “spoke”. Moses heard a voice coming out of the bb. This was something else. A voice from heaven would be easier to accept and understand but a burning and speaking bush? Wow, this is something new. This is technology beyond my time or as the people now would say “super high tech” and plainly amazing. God may choose to speak to us in the strangest of methods and fashion but it does not change the fact that He is a communicating God and that in itself is a wonderful reality.

The sum total of the discussion between God and Moses was Moses was to go back to Egypt (where he was s fugitive from the law) and speak to Pharaoh and tell him to let the Israelites go (many have lost their heads- literally- for less offensive issues) and tell Pharaoh that this is what God wants. Understandably, Moses was reluctant and in fact, unwilling to obey. He was not an atheist; he was not agnostic’ he was not a bad man; he was simply controlled by his fears and uncertainties. With this mindset, he told God: 13 But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it."

GOD Sends Moses’ DAP.
This reluctance was annoying even to One who is supremely patient and merciful. Verse 14 tells us that the Lord’s anger burned against Moses. But, here is the majesty of mercy and the wonder of grace: With His anger burning against Moses, God told Moses of a perfectly suitable solution (which removes Moses’ excuses). I will give you someone to help you. 14 Then the LORD's anger burned against Moses and he said, "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and his heart will be glad when he sees you. 15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. 16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.

Aaron was Moses’ D.A.P. or divinely assigned person. For all of us who find ourselves unable to accomplish the task that God has given to us, God would usually, because of His grace and mercy, send us our DAP. Moses had Aaron, Adam had Eve, Barak had Deborah, Aquilla had Priscilla, Joshua had his Caleb and many others enjoyed this privilege.

You too have your own DAP. If you do not know who this person is, just tell God that you are having difficulty carrying out your task. Then, in this case, God sends you your DAP. When tells us that He will not forsake or abandon us, that He will never leave us alone, it sometimes means sending a DAP to us. God is not in the habit of leaving His people alone.