Lord,
Please!
Send
Anyone Else.
Scripture
Exodus
4
10 But
Moses pleaded with the Lord, “O Lord, I’m not very good with
words. I never have been, and I’m not now, even though you have
spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled.”
11 Then
the Lord asked Moses, “Who makes a person’s mouth? Who
decides whether people speak or do not speak, hear or do not hear,
see or do not see? Is it not I, the Lord?
Observation
Why
me Lord? Can't you send someone else? I think that every pastor has
felt the way that Moses felt that day when God told Moses to go speak
to Pharaoh
and deliver the Hebrew children out of bondage and slavery and lead
them out of Egypt.
It
is rough being a pastor, even one that is not full-time anymore. I
have several people mad and upset with me right now.
Why?
Because I tried to help them and give them what I thought was godly
counsel. It offended them.
They
are now not talking to me. Well God has called me to be a pastor –
a shepherd ... when I see someone going in the wrong direction I have
to try to give them godly counsel.
If
I didn't at least try to do that it would be like Moses refusing to
go back to Egypt.
And
I can tell you this, whether you are talking to me right now or not …
I am still praying for you. I am asking God to bring you back to
where you belong.
I
want you walking in a close relationship with the Lord and making Him
smile.
And
I want you far away from the sin that has tripped you up!
I
love you, and I am not judging you!
If
people are warning you … maybe you are in a dangerous place … so
take it as a helpful warning not judgment and get yourself back where
you belong.
Application
I
will never stop urging people to live godly lives and to stay away
from sin. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I don't know if every pastor feels like I do, but I want my
heart to break with whatever breaks Your heart. Don't ever let me
grow insensitive to the people around me. I pray for anyone that may
read this blog today. I pray that they would hear Your voice and be
obedient to You. Help me to walk in a way that my life is an example
to those around me and not a stumbling block. Don't ever allow me to
have a judgmental attitude towards anyone who is struggling with any
sin. Always remind me Lord that I am a sinner and that I am capable
of doing the very same thing that I see them doing.
Daily
Bible Reading: Exodus 3,4,5; Luke 22
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