Lord and said,
But, behold, they
will not believe me,
nor hearken unto my voice:
for they will say, The LORD hath
not appeared unto thee. And the
LORD said unto him, What is that
in thine hand? And he said, A rod
(Exodus 4:1,2).
In the eyes of people, all Moses
had was a rod; but when God was
finished using that rod, it brought
the Israelites out of Egypt and even
separated the waters of the Red Sea.
That simple rod became one of the
greatest possessions Moses ever had
because God made it great. God did
miraculous things through that simple
rod.
Some of you look to yourselves as
Moses did, and you think you don’t
have anything to work with. Then
you wonder how you can possibly
accomplish what God wants you to.
You can’t look at what you have and
then decide on your own whether or
not it is going to be a success for God.
You have to look to God, trust Him
and say as the Psalmist did, Cause
me to hear thy lovingkindness
in the morning; for in thee do I
trust: cause me to know the way
wherein I should walk; for I lift up
my soul unto thee (Psalm 143:8).
You Must Be Willing
When the Lord called me to
preach, I couldn’t look to myself
because I did not have one sermon. I
The Lord wants His
people to be separated
from the world and completely
yielded to Him in this last hour.
They must be regenerated, sanctified
and baptized in the Holy Ghost. They
must be consecrated, dedicated and
fit for the Master’s use. God is ready
to use every person He can in this
last hour, but so many people look to
themselves for what they need more
than they look to God.
Some of you haven’t done all you
could have done for God because you
didn’t think you had what it takes.
You’ve been waiting to receive what
it takes without realizing that all God
wants is for you to use what you
already have.
Moses Did Not Always Trust God
You can’t try to figure things out
on your own like Moses did. After
God had given him instructions to
go into Egypt and ask Pharaoh to
let His people go, Moses looked to
himself and tried to figure things out.
First, he told the Lord he was not a
good speaker. 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. And the
LORD said unto him, Who hath
made man’s mouth?...have not I
the LORD (Exodus 4:10,11)?
Then Moses questioned God
further. And Moses answered the
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