What God Ask- I Don't Think I Can Do It! Series

He said, “A rod.”

3 And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So, he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand), 5 “that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

Exodus 4:10–13 (NKJV)

10 Then Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”

11 So the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord? 12 Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.”

13 But he said, “O my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever else You may send.”

Point #1

Before I tell God “No” to what He has asked me to do, I need to remember that He promised His presence is with me.

Exodus

11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”

12 So He said, “I will certainly be with you.

What God just revealed to Moses is one of the greatest truths that you can need to know when things are spinning out of control. God is with you in your whirlwind.

Proverbs 10:25 (NKJV)

25 When the whirlwind passes by, the wicked is no more,

But the righteous has an everlasting foundation.

That Proverb tells us when the tempest or whirlwind comes the wicked are blown away, but the Christian, the man or woman of God, is not moved. And why not? Because God presence is with them keeping them unmoved.

If you have some terrible illness today, you do not have to be in chaos because God’s presence is with you.

If you in a deep financial hole that you do not believe that you cannot dig out, you do not have to be in chaos because God’s presence is with you.

If you seriously messed up and you are facing some prison time, you do not have to be in chaos because God is in the prison cell with you.

And Moses, the task I am asking of you is massive, but you don’t have to be in chaos because MY Presence is with you.

The truth is that as Christians, we are never alone- He tells us that He will never leave us or forsake us no matter what the circumstances. So, no matter what the circumstances I find myself in- God’s presence is with me.

So, let me ask you a question. How can you tell God “No” if you know His Presence is always going to be with you?

Point #2

Before I tell God “No” to what He has asked me to do, I need to remember that He has the power to carry out in my life what He asked me to do.

Exodus

4 Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’”

2 So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”

He said, “A rod.”

3 And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So, he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand), 5 “that they may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”