Case Study: Moses the Reluctant

Exodus 3:1-6,9-12

Case Study: Moses the Reluctant

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[God said:] “So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” . . .

But Moses said to God, “What shall I say to them?” …

Then Moses answered, “But suppose they do not believe me?” …

But Moses said to the Lord, “O my Lord, I have never been eloquent … but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.” …

But he said, “O my Lord, please send someone else.” …

But Moses spoke to the Lord, “The Israelites have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me, poor speaker that I am?”

—Exodus 3:10-11, 13; 4:1, 10, 13; 6:12

One of the most discouraging aspects of our Christian lives can be our awareness that we are not responding to God’s call to us as we should. It can be sobering to look…

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