"Who am I?" "Who are You?

I have to say, I am so excited about our Exodus series.  It is one of the books that made me truly fall in love with the Old Testament early on in seminary.  I still remember a lecture from one of my profs, Ray Ortlund Jr., on Exodus 32-34 that just echoed within me for years. 

As we come to Exodus chapter three, I would like to share one thought that I had to edit from the final draft of this morning’s sermon (I assume no one wants me going 90 minutes+, hence the editing J).  Moses had two questions for God when God called him to be His delegate to Egypt in order to free the people: “Who am I?” and “Who are You?”.  And here is the interesting thing about the answers - God never addressed the “Who am I?” questions (which were really excuses for why God should pick someone else).  God only addressed the “Who are You?” questions.  God told Moses, “I am the One who will be with you”, “I am the One who will give you power”, etc….  The absence of any comments to Moses’ “Who am I?” questions is an answer in and of itself. 

It doesn’t matter how weak or insignificant you feel.  It is about the power of God to work in and through us according to His good pleasure!