WEIGHING THE CHALLENGE

DAY 200

Moses’ response to God’s charge to go and lead Israel out of Egypt was crystal clear:

Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? (Exodus 3:11)

This was a very valid conclusion which he had drawn. It was the honest truth and He wasn’t wrong. “He may have grew up in the royal household of Egypt as a son of Pharaoh’s daughter, but as far as Egypt was concerned, he was nothing but a wanted fugitive. In Midian, he was tending the sheep of his father in law, Jethro, so we can rightly deduce he had no power, no political alliances, connections, or no influence.

However, this truth was valid only because Moses had weighed himself only on human scales and in light of the opposition he was being sent to challenge. He had only factored in who he was and what He had in the eyes of men, making no recognition of the help of God. Thus, we notice God’s guarantee ‘Certainly, I will be with you’ (Ex 3:12a).

Many of us often behave like Moses: we exalt every challenge we face over and above the power of the God who is in and with us. Surely, God would have done all the weighing and assessing before assigning any task. We need sharpening and maturity, but if we didn’t have what it takes to be victorious, the task will not have been assigned.

Thanks be to God who always causes us to triumph in Christ. Therefore,

‘Don’t exalt any challenge above the power of God. Rather, bring every challenge under the authority of His power.’

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