Who hath made mans mouth

Bible Reading: Exodus 4-6

Exodus 4:11 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?

Moses had just told God that he was slow of speech and of a slow tongue.  He wanted God to send someone else to speak to Pharaoh.  He was a shepherd and had been for the last forty years.  He was not an eloquent speaker.  He was begging God to relieve him of this duty and send someone else.

God's answer is amazing!  When God asked Moses who had made his mouth, he was asking a question to get Moses to think.  God made Moses and he knew exactly what his challenges were.  

Do you and I ever excuse ourselves from things that God in his Word has clearly told us to do because of our setbacks?  When it comes to speaking to an unbelieving world on behalf of God, statistics say that the majority of Christians excuse themselves in one way or another.  According to some studies, only about 3-5% of believers have shared their faith in Jesus with a lost person in the last year!  And yet, God in his Word says:

Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

Have you ever used the excuse that you are not eloquent to excuse you from witnessing for Jesus?  What other physical challenges do you have?  Who makes us what we are?  God does!  He made you and he made you specifically for his purpose.  He wants to transform you into the image of Christ and he is in a process of doing that.  Some day you will have no more physical setbacks.  

However, more important than your transformation is God's glory.  God is glorious!  He is reflecting his glory into an unbelieving world by working in and through the lives of those in whom his Spirit dwells.  When we are a part of the mission of Jesus empowered by his Holy Spirit, we are bringing glory to him.

God made you!  He knows you!  Have the faith to believe that what he calls you to do, he will equip you to do as well!

In Christ,
Rody