Struggle & Doubt
📖 Verse: Exodus 4:10
📝 “I have never been eloquent… I am slow of speech and tongue.”
🔍 Verse in Context – 7 Reflections
- Moses responds to God’s call with fear and resistance.
- He focuses on his weakness, not God’s power.
- He names his perceived flaw—speech—perhaps a real or imagined disability.
- God doesn’t shame him but engages his fear.
- God even offers help (Aaron) rather than abandoning the mission.
- Moses still goes, but you can feel the tension.
- He is, by all appearances, completely unqualified—and that’s the point.
❓ Journal Questions
- What do you believe disqualifies you?
- What would it look like to trust God more than your own ability?
🙏 Prayer
God, I bring You my fears, my flaws, my silence.
Use me anyway.
Amen.