Who Gives Speech to Mortals?

Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Exodus 4:10-17 NIV 

10 Moses said to the LORD, "Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue." 11 The LORD said to him, "Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the LORD? 12 Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say." 13 But Moses said, "Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else." 14 Then the LORD's anger burned against Moses and he said, "What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you. 15 You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. 16 He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. 17 But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it."

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) After the Lord God had called Moses to deliver His people from oppression (bondage), what excuses did Moses make for why he could not serve the Lord? (v.10)
2) What were the Lord's responses to Moses? (v.11-12)
3) What did Moses tell the Lord to do and how did the Lord respond? (v.13-17)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Has the Lord called you to do a seemingly impossible task? If so, briefly explain the Lord's call on your life and your reason(s) for not doing what He asks of you.

LIFE LESSONS
5) When the Lord God calls an individual believer  to serve His people, the call is not based upon our qualifications for the ministry, but upon His power to enable us to lead His people.