God's words in our mouths

And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. – Exodus 4.14-15

God was angry with Moses because of his sorry excuses, but God was still going to use him. God is going to do His work, but He will do it through someone else – sort of.

The way it worked is that God would tell Moses what to say and Moses would tell Aaron and Aaron would speak. The important lesson though is what they were going to say.

‘You will put words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and I will teach you what to do.’

That is a great promise, and it doesn’t stop with Moses and Aaron. When Jeremiah claimed that he was incapable of speaking God told him that He would put His words in Jeremiah’s mouth. God told Isaiah that He would put His words in Isaiah’s mouth.

And it doesn’t stop there. Jesus told the disciples not to be afraid about how they would deal with persecution, because the Holy Spirit would give us the words to answer.

When we are following God, reading His word, and praying for direction we don’t have to be afraid about what we are going to say when dealing with people. God will give us the right words to speak. As we obey Him He will put His words in our mouths.