What's Keeping You Where You Are?

  Then Moses said to the LORD, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” The LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? “Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say.” Ex. 4:10-12

Have you ever been gripped by fear. I mean "can't move, can't breath, I'm just going to run the other way kind of fear"? Now I love horror movies but I absolutely hate haunted houses. Years ago I went to the "Nightmare on 6th Street" haunted house... and I will admit I screamed like a little girl. I thought I was going to hurt someone trying to get out of that house. I could not stand not knowing what was next around the dark corners of that house. To this day I will not go to a haunted house! No, my man card still works-don't judge me!

I bring up that story because I think fear whether it happens in a haunted house or everyday life, ultimately comes down to one thing...control. Fear will ALWAYS KEEP YOU WHERE YOU ARE. Its the safe play! It requires you to stay instead of jump. In this chapter God shows Moses some amazing signs, and yet his only response is God find someone else to do what you need done-I cant do it! The reason Moses was afraid was because he was looking at the wrong things- He was looking past his experiences with God and only focusing on his limitations.

You see fear causes you to see what your not instead of seeing whose you are! Fear causes you to hide behind your limitations instead of relying on God's reputation. Do you and I have faith enough in who He is to believe that He can use us even at our greatest point of weakness. Not only do I believe God can use us like that, I would say that it's the only time God can use us! "For when I am weak ,then I am strong...my strength is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12)

Will you jump today into radical obedience when everything in you says to stay? What's keeping you where you are?

Not Ashamed...Bill