https://odb.org/MY/2022/02/21/never-say-cant
I’ll say that this is often a situation faced by many of us in responding to our call from God. God has a calling for each and every one of us. But as we contemplate responding to His call, we look at ourselves and most of the time we feel we are inadequate, not qualified or don’t meet the requirements; and there could be a variety of reasons for that. Maybe we are not ready to lay down our lives for God. Perhaps, we feel we don’t have the right skill sets or the right tenacity of character. Or there are other responsibilities we need to fulfil like meeting the expectations of our parents or we need to take care of our family first.
If we look at the lives of the great men and women of God, we will see that most are defined by their call from God. Abraham is regarded as the father of faith because he responded by faith and uprooted his family to follow after God across thousands of miles by bringing along all of his possessions including livestock and servants. Joshua responded and brought the Israelites across the Jordan into the Promised Land to conquer fortified cities, strong armies and giants and in the process experienced the mighty hand of God working through them to give them victory after victory. The disciples of Jesus dropped everything and followed Jesus when Jesus called them to be fishers of men. They followed and learned from Christ throughout His ministry and later after Christ’s death and resurrection, they continued His ministry and later with the help of Paul, they preached the Gospel to the Gentiles out of Jerusalem and Judea and to the rest of the world. It is through the response and faith of these great men and women of God throughout generations since ancient times that we today have the privilege to hear the Gospel and to respond to God’s gift of salvation and eternal life.
Therefore, we have a responsibility to respond – not only to become the person that God wants us to be but also for the sake of the many who will be blessed by our response whether in the present time or in the time to come. Our response to God’s call will define us in Him as well as define us in the world. Will we be known as someone after God’s heart or will we be just like everyone else, chasing after our own dreams and desires?
The message today I believe is that if we are worried that we don’t have the right credentials whether in terms of our skills set, our spiritual condition, our character, our ability to speak in public – don’t be as God will provide and equip us accordingly like He did in the case of Moses. So in the case of Moses, why did God not choose Aaron to confront the Pharaoh instead of using Aaron as the spokesman for Moses but nevertheless sticking with Moses? It could be who Moses was, being formerly a Prince in the court of Pharoah. It could be because Moses had the heart for the children of Israel. Whatever may be the reason, God chose Moses and then chose Aaron to complement him.
I therefore believe that God’s call is unique to us and only we may respond to it. If we are inadequate, God will provide the adequacy. If we have a weakness, God will be the strength. If it’s a call to be a missionary and we have no finance at present, God will make a way when there is no way. Keep God’s call upon our lives in our heart, respond to it and start our preparations. The day will come when we will all meet our Egypt and Pharaoh. The day will come when we will come face to face with our Red Sea and the long journey in the wilderness and finally the challenges in taking our Promised Land by going across our Jordan. Take the step of faith forward, believe that God the creator of heaven and earth shall surely able to make His Word for us come to pass. He created heaven and earth and all things by His Word, surely He is able to bring our calling to pass!
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