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THURSDAY APRIL 23


NOW GO!

READ:
Now go; I will help
you speak and will
teach you what
to say.
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More than 10,000 evangelists and Christian leaders sat in a giant auditorium in Amsterdam in 1986 listening to world-renowned evangelist Billy Graham. I sat among them, listening as he narrated some of his experiences. Then, to my surprise, he said, "Let me tell you: every time I stand before the congregation of God's people to preach, I tremble and my knees wobble!"

What! I wondered. How can such a great preacher who has enthralled millions with his powerful sermons exhibit trembling and wobbling knees? Then he went on to describe not fear and stage fright, but intense humility and meekness as he felt inadequate for the daunting task to which God had called him. He relied on God for strength, not on his own eloquence.

Moses felt inadequate when God sent him to deliver the enslaved Israelites from their 400-year captivity in Egypt. Moses pleaded with the Lord to send someone else, with the excuse that he had never been a good speaker (SEE EX.4:10,13).

We may have similar fears when God calls us to do some thing for Him. But His encouragement to Moses can also spur us on: "Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say" (v.12NIV).

As Billy graham said that day, When God calls you, do not be afraid of trembling and wobbling knees, for He will be with you!"

**what task does God have for you to do today? Depend on Him by asking
for His help. ____________________________________________________________________________
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Wherever God sends us, He comes alongside us.

****************************Today's Bible Reading __ exodus 4:10-17******************************
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."

14 So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and
He said: "Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that
he can speak well. And look, he is also coming out to meet
you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. 15 Now
you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And I
will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach
you what you shall do. 16 So he shall be your spokesman to the
people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you
shall be to him as God. 17 and you shall take this rod in your
hand, with which you shall do the signs."

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHTS<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
When God called Moses to deliver His people
from Egyptian bondage, Moses was reluctant to obey, giving
various reasons why he was not qualified. He questioned his own
identity and worthiness (13:11), his lack of authority (3:13), his credibility
and acceptability (4:1), and his incapacities (v.10). Although God
answered each of Moses's excuses, God was angry with Moses for
resisting what He had asked him to do (v.14).