I am facing a situation that can cause me concern - wondering how it will turn out, how I will handle it, etc. In the middle of my wondering, God put the perfect words in my path in the form of a devo on You Version called “Free of Me.” I never cease to be amazed and thankful for the goodness of our Heavenly Father!! 🙂 Wow!! This is definitely worth reading!!!
“Consider the story of Moses, when God called him to speak to Pharaoh. Moses felt inhibited by his weaknesses. He didn’t feel capable of speaking to Pharaoh or of leading the Israelites out of Egypt, because he only saw his disqualifications. And how did God respond to Moses’s doubt? He didn’t give a self-help pep talk. He didn’t affirm Moses’s leadership or his talents or gifts. He didn’t hug him and cheer for him and speak encouraging words over him.
God didn’t do any of those things. Instead, he changed the subject. God affirmed his own strength, his own leadership, his own self, because the outcome never hinged upon Moses. This story was not about Moses’s strengths. Moses was never meant to be the hero. Only God could deliver the Israelites out of Egypt, so he directed Moses’s focus back to him.
God responded similarly when he appointed Jeremiah, a prophet who was concerned about his youth. “I do not know how to speak; I am too young,” he worried (Jer. 1:6), but God didn’t coddle or dote on him. Rather than assure Jeremiah he was talented for his age, that he had great leadership skills and a terrific personality, God simply affirmed his own self: “Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you” (1:8). Once again, God directed his servant o of his own limitations and onto the limitless God.
God cares about our insecurities, but the difference between a self-help god and the true, living God is focus. The one true God responds to our insecurities with reassurances about himself. In doing so, he releases us from the source of our paralysis, shifting our gaze from the “can’ts” to the One who can.”
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