Let somebody else do it

“And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.” – Exodus 4v13

Moses decided finally that he just would not do what God wanted him to do, at least ALL of the job. He was simply too afraid to actually speak God’s words to Pharaoh so he told God to just let someone else do it.

The next verse tells us that God was angry with Moses. God took away the privilege of proclaiming His words and gave it to his brother Aaron. How sad that Moses missed that blessing simply because he was afraid.

We see something else here however. God was not done with Moses simply because of his fear. In His mercy God would go on to use Moses anyway. While we should never incur God’s wrath by walking in disobedience, we can also be sure that we can depend on His mercy.