Oct. 12, 2025

Background:

• God not only equips us, but also works within us to produce that which is pleasing to Him
• A God-given assignment is a purposeful task that is meant to glorify Him
• God will empower us to get the assignment done
• At the end of the assignment, God will get the glory
• We must give all the glory that is due to Him because He is worthy

Key Sermon Points:

1. God confronts Moses' insecurity (vv. 1 - 9)

• Moses had some insecurities and voiced his complaints about his assignment due to his insecurities
• God confronts Moses about his insecurities because Moses didn't want the assignment
• God already knows what is in us and knows that He can use us
• Sometimes God has to convince us
• If God is in it, then we ought to be in it too
• God reminds Moses that he can overcome human limitations
• God patiently deals with Moses' apprehension as He also deals with us patiently
• God is longsuffering and gracious
• God gave different signs:
  • The rod turned into a snake that became a rod again in Moses' hand (Moses displayed courage and faith by picking up the snake by the tail as God told him to)...a snake symbolizes power over life; This miracle causes the Israelites to believe that the God of their forefathers spoke to him
  • Moses' hand became stricken with leprosy...and then healed again; It showed that God has control over everything, including life and death
  • Turned water from the Nile River into blood; the Nile River was considered the source of life; God was showing that He has control over the universe and everything
• Moses said that he was not an eloquent speaker, but he had spoken well before (Acts 7:21-23)
• God asked Moses who made his mouth (v. 11) & wanted to use Moses to deliver the people
• God did not ask Moses to go by himself, but God would be with him
• God will go with us and use us as his vessel...and we have to trust God...that makes the difference
• God already knows our impediments and He works mightily through those impediments and gets the glory
• It doesn't matter what excuses we have, God has an answer
• God knew that Aaron (Moses' brother) was on the way...and still used Moses as well as Aaron

2. Send someone else (vv. 10 - 17)

• God kept returning Moses to the place basic issue
• God commanded Moses to go four times...despite Moses' objections
• The real issue was Moses was refusing to trust or obey God
• We need to trust God and be obedient...we won't see the blessing until we trust and obey
• God is saying to us in order to get the blessing that we need, we have to trust him even when we don't see it because it comes by faith
• Once we know what God wants us to do, we must stop asking and start obeying
• We are the only ones that can do what God has called us to do...our tasks are designed for us specifically
• God had a right to be angry with Moses because refusing to obey God takes away God's glory
• Aaron was not God's first choice; so Moses got the 2nd best
• Aaron became a hindrance later on
• Although Aaron was not God's 1st or best choice, God worked with him
• Not everyone can go on the mission that God has called you to

3. The return of Moses to Egypt (vv. 18 - 31)

• Moses had to tell his father-in-law that he had to leave
• If it had not been for his wife, Moses would have been killed
• Sometimes we have to know about the journey to take care of our business before we go on the journey
• Jethro granted him his blessing to go
• God let Moses know that the Pharaoh that sought his life was dead
• What is our assignment?  Have we done it or are we asking God to send someone else?
• When God calls us, he equips us to get the job done!