Who is your mouthpiece?

Moses. A man that was called. Saw the signs of God’s power and still did not believe in his own abilities.

Now, how many times have we heard God tell us to step out or do something and in return we start examining our capabilities?

Moses, was a man who God brought out, called, set aside (or whichever word we would like to put in place) for a purpose MUCH larger than himself. In exodus 4, Moses has just seen his rod turn into a snake and his hand turn from sickly to healthy. Prior to this he saw a bush burning and not being turned to ashes, so he had seen the hand of God move.

Here is the catch: Moses doubted his OWN capability. He doubted that this same God could use his "shortcomings” to deliver the people that God instructed him to.

God is the one who called Moses and met him at the burning bush. God KNEW Moses. Moses now in turn reminds God that of what He created. He tells God that he is not a “man of words”

10 Then Moses said to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I am not a man of words (eloquent, fluent), neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am [a]slow of speech and tongue.” [Exodus 4:10-AMP]

This verse really made me giggle a bit. How was Moses going to tell his CREATOR about his speech impediment? How? The creation telling the creator about the “flaws”? I quickly realized that I have done this as well. There have been numerous moments I have sat before my maker and questioned His ability/ choice in creating me the way He chose to.

*Father forgive me*

In Exodus 4:11 God now brings receipts for who HE is. “…Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, or the seeing or the blind? Is it not I, the Lord?” After this God assures Moses that He will be Moses’ mouth and teach him what to say, Moses is still not satisfied. God then becomes angered and Aaron is brought into the picture.

Aaron was Moses’ brother who maybe Moses felt was the picture/mascot for the “man of words” campaign. Now let us all note that Aaron was only brought in to the position he was placed in because of Moses’ insecurity.

As we reflect on this portion let us ask ourselves, “on how many occasions have we counted ourselves out because we did not see ourselves as “fit” enough for the call? Who is my Aaron? Who did I tell God to choose rather than myself? He told me to do “X”, but I negotiated for “Y” to do it.

Let’s fast forward to Exodus 32:1-14

Moses has gone up to the mountain to receive word from the Lord. At this point in the story the 10 commandments have already been established and adopted. The children of Israel are now getting and impatient with Mr. Moses staying up on the mountains for so long. They have a meeting with Aaron and tell him to make gods for them that could “lead” them. They even went as far to say “We don’t know what happened to ‘this fellow’ Moses who brought us here from the land of Egypt. (Exodus 32:1-NLT)”

Aaron IMMEDIATELY with no noted hesitation or pause is like “yeah, go bring your gold jewelry”. This jewelry is the SAME gold jewelry that was given to them by the Egyptians as they were leaving as a sign. What God used to bless them with now was to be used to make an idol.

*Father, may I not use turn your blessings into idols*

So Aaron then proceeds to make the infamous golden calf. Now the shocker in this whole situation is that the Israelites now give the golden calf the accolades and praises that are due to God. “…O Israel, these are the gods who brought you out of the land of Egypt! (Exodus 4:4- AMP)

Now because Moses has established Aaron as a credible source, the people listen to Aaron and obviously respect his voice. Aaron now calls for a celebration and sacrifices to the “lord” (the calf) the next day. While the celebration is going on the next day while Moses is still on the mountain; God starts to quote back the children of Israel to Moses. God basically is trying to give Moses a heads up on the punishment that is about to go down in the camp. However God being a God of His word and Moses KNOWING COVENANT, Moses was able to remind God of his promise to their forefathers and plead on their behalf. Moses the goes down the mountain to deal with the situation at hand.