No Excuses

  When God calls people to do his work he accepts no excuses.  Take the example of Moses and his conversation with God at the burning bush (Exodus 3:1-4:17).  When God tells Moses he is sending him back to Egypt to free the Israelites from slavery under Pharaoh, Moses' first objection is, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?"  Next Moses tries "What if they ask me what your name is?"  Then, "What if they don't believe me or listen to me?"  Still not willing to go, Moses objects, "O 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." Like any good salesman, God answers every question and meets every objection.   Finally Moses gets right down to what he really wants.  "O Lord, please send someone else."  And God gets angry.  Even so, he doesn't let Moses off the hook, he simply assigns Aaron to go with him.

  When God wants us to do something, he accepts no excuses.  Arguing with God is useless; he has all the answers.  When God calls, he qualifies, equips and empowers the person called.  As reluctant as Moses was, he still succeeded.

  For reflection:  What has God called me to do?  What excuses am I giving for not doing it?

  Let us pray.  Father, you are the God of No Excuses.  You are God Who Calls, God Who Qualifies, God Who Equips and God Who Empowers.  I come to do your will.

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