Can you say AAAHHHHH?

Resting, relaxing, reclining, require no work, yet when it comes to applying those concepts to our walk with God, we work ourselves into a frenzy trying to make it happen. To often we resist reclining in His ability to sustain, because our feelings about our own inabilities cause us to question God's call on our lives.

Moses had been tending the sleep of Jethro, his father in law, for nearly 40 years. He was happily married. His life was comfortable. Then one day, as he tended the sheep, he spied a burning bush that was not being consumed. Awestruck, he set out to investigate.  As he approached a voice rang out, "Take off your shoes, for the ground on which you stand is holy." Can you imagine?

Pulse quickening, Moses removed his sandals and dropped face down in the sand. He sat there spell bound, listening to the God of his father's explain who He was and what He wanted from him. Then came the question in verse 11 of Exodus chapter 3. This question was not the humble cry of a willing servant. It was a question that expressed doubt in the sovereign plan of the Almighty. Moses had been chosen, but he didn't rest, relax or recline in that choosing.

In Moses, the Servant of God, F.B. Meyer states, "There was something more than humility here, there was a tone of self-depreciation which was inconsistent with a true faith in God's selection and appointment. Surely it is God's business to choose His special instruments; and when we are persuaded that we are in the line of His purpose, we have no right to question the wisdom of His appointment. To do so is to depreciate His wisdom or to doubt His power and willingness to become all that is necessary to complete our need."

As I type this post, I am reminded of Mary, the mother of Jesus. She too was asked to preform a difficult task for the Almighty. She questioned the timing of that task, but she humbly surrendered and rested in the Sustainer's ability to carry her through whatever was to come.

Psalm 84:11-12 offers a formula for dealing with doubt in The Sovereign's call to serve.

"For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee."

God has called and will equip us all to be His servants, if we willingly submit to His leadership and surrender our will to Him. He has provided all we need in His Word to guide us even in the dark.
Rest in His call. Relax in His leadership. Recline on His promises and He will give all the grace you need to walk by faith in your task for Him.