Bible League: Living His Word But Moses said to the LORD, "Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue."— Exodus 4:10 ESV The Lord saw the afflictions that His people were going through in the land of Egypt, and He heard the cries they sent up to Him. As a result, He said to Moses: "I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites" (Exodus 3:8-9). The Lord chose Moses to help deliver His people. "Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt" (Exodus 3:10). Moses, however, was reluctant. He kept coming up with excuses not to do what the Lord wanted. Among them was the excuse mentioned in our verse for today. Moses realized that he would need to speak to Pharaoh, and he wasn't a very good speaker. The Lord wasn't interested in hearing Moses' objections. So, He said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak" (Exodus 4:11-12). Moses finally obeyed the Lord and went down to Egypt to do what he was called to do. The Lord has called you too. There's nothing unusual about that, for He calls every one of His people. You may be called to get married and have children, go into business, politics, become a lawyer, or enter the ministry. Your callings may not make you as famous as Moses, but they are callings, nonetheless. Like Moses, then, it's time to get busy fulfilling the calls. It's also time to stop with any excuses you may have. The Lord will be your strength where you are weak. He knew about it before He called you. Just as He did for Moses, He'll help you to overcome them. Bible in a Year Old Testament Reading1 Samuel 30, 31 1 Samuel 30 -- David Destroys the Amalekites and Divides the Spoils NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB 1 Samuel 31 -- Saul and His Sons Killed NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB New Testament Reading Luke 17:20-37 Luke 17 -- Forgiveness and Faith; Cleansing of the Ten Lepers; Second Coming Foretold NIV NLT ESV NAS GWT KJV ASV ERV DRB Reading Plan Courtesy of Christian Classics Etherial Library. Tyndale Life Application Daily Devotion People may be right in their own eyes,but the LORD examines their heart. Insight People can find an excuse for doing almost anything, but God looks behind the excuses to the motives of the heart. Challenge We often have to make choices in areas where the right action is difficult to discern. We can help ourselves make such decisions by trying to identify our motives first and then asking, “Would God be pleased with my real reasons for doing this?” God is not pleased when we do good deeds only to receive something in return. Morning and Evening by Spurgeon Hebrews 2:14 That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death.O child of God, death hath lost its sting, because the devil's power over it is destroyed. Then cease to fear dying. Ask grace from God the Holy Ghost, that by an intimate knowledge and a firm belief of thy Redeemer's death, thou mayst be strengthened for that dread hour. Living near the cross of Calvary thou mayst think of death with pleasure, and welcome it when it comes with intense delight. It is sweet to die in the Lord: it is a covenant-blessing to sleep in Jesus. Death is no longer banishment, it is a return from exile, a going home to the many mansions where the loved ones already dwell. The distance between glorified spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not far from home--a moment will bring us there. The sail is spread; the soul is launched upon the deep. How long will be its voyage? How many wearying winds must beat upon the sail ere it shall be reefed in the port of peace? How long shall that soul be tossed upon the waves before it comes to that sea which knows no storm? Listen to the answer, "Absent from the body, present with the Lord." Yon ship has just departed, but it is already at its haven. It did but spread its sail and it was there. Like that ship of old, upon the Lake of Galilee, a storm had tossed it, but Jesus said, "Peace, be still," and immediately it came to land. Think not that a long period intervenes between the instant of death and the eternity of glory. When the eyes close on earth they open in heaven. The horses of fire are not an instant on the road. Then, O child of God, what is there for thee to fear in death, seeing that through the death of thy Lord its curse and sting are destroyed? and now it is but a Jacob's ladder whose foot is in the dark grave, but its top reaches to glory everlasting. Daily Light on the Daily Path Deuteronomy 13:1,7 "If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, • of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end),2 Corinthians 6:17 "Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you. 1 Peter 2:11 Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. Jude 1:23 save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh. 1 John 3:2,3 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. • And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. Titus 2:11-14 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, • instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, • looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, • who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. 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