Exodus 4:12&13 "12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13 And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send." In this passage, God directly answers Moses’ excuse that he is “slow of speech and tongue” (Exodus 4:10). After affirming His sovereignty over human abilities in verse 11, God promises both His presence and divine enablement: “I will be with your mouth and teach you what to say.” Still, Moses offers one final, blunt refusal: “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.” After four earlier excuses, he simply asks God to choose another. The Hebrew carries a tone of deep resignation. This moment reveals the very human struggle of fear and reluctance in the face of God’s call—even for an 80-year-old man who had just encountered God at the burning bush. God persists with His plan. He equips Moses with miraculous signs (staff to snake, leprous hand, water to blood) and provides huma...
Exodus 4:10&11 "10 And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since Thou hast spoken unto Thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?" We often remember Moses’ great feats and forget his doubts. Despite witnessing the burning bush and hearing God’s voice, Moses still saw himself as unqualified. He had already voiced objections (Exodus 3:11, 13), but here he focused on his personal limitation—whether a speech impediment, shyness, or lack of rhetorical skill. Forty years in Midian had not cured his insecurity. God responded with a powerful rhetorical question: “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?” This answer underscores God’s sovereignty: He is the Creator of every human faculty. Hu...