In my chronological Bible reading plan, I have been reading about Moses. In Exodus 3:10, God calls Moses to go to Pharoah and lead Israel out of Egypt. God’s calling is unmistakable! Moses protests God and says, “Who am I to appear before Pharoah? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt?” And the shortcomings couldn’t be more unmistakable!
Should it surprise us that God’s callings are bigger than our shortcomings? That God is bigger than us? That God should ask us what we can’t do apart from His divine power? What kind of a God would God be if He only called us to do what fits neatly in our box of abilities – never needing Him or His power?
Who are we to think we can’t do what God has called us to? The truth is apart from Him, we can do nothing, not even what we think we can do. Yet, we are comfortable with some callings and not others. At the end of the day, this is just pride, self-reliance, insecurity, and disobedience, to name a few…another way to put it faithless drama.
God enabled Moses despite Moses. God has enabled us despite us!
“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (2 Peter 1:3–8, ESV)