Exodus 4:2 "Then the Lord asked him, 'What do you have there in your hand?'"
God has instructed Moses to go to Pharoah and demand that he let the Israelites go. Moses is scared and doesn't think he is up to the job. "They won't believe me" Moses whines to God. God then asks Moses this very simple yet profound question.
"What do you have there in your hand?" Moses has been asked to do the impossible and according to God, all he needs to pull it off is whatever may happen to be in his hand at that moment! To do the impossible, we don't need an action plan, vision statement, finely worded philosophy, grand strategy, mighty military, or loads of cash. We need God! In this story he begins with a common shepherds staff and changes the world. What can he do with me and what I have? God wants me to do radical, crazy, big things for Him and His kingdom. What is stopping me? It better not be things I may or may not have. God is not limited by my talent, my resources, my insecurities, my past, my ideas, my stupidity, or my energy.
God please use me and what you have given me to do your work today. Amen.
