Adequacy

I have been teaching on the life of Moses in Men's Bible Study. We are looking at his conversation with God in the "burning but not burning bush" episode. God is calling Moses to do the unthinkable. The Lord is asking him to lead a nation of slaves out of slavery in Egypt. Moses had already attempted to rescue them once and failed. Now forty years later on the backside of a desert mountain God calls Moses out to do what was he failed to do before.

Moses had a question like most of us carry in our hearts. Am I adequate to the mission that God has called me to accomplish? The unspoken answer is "no". That's why Moses failed the first time. He was going about the rescue in his way and in his power. Failure is the result of our attempt to fulfill God's purposes in our strength. But the spoken answer that addresses our real adequacy issues is the promise that God gave Moses in saying, "I will be with you."

This is the same promise God gives to us in Matthew 28:19-20. He is with us. It gives us the hope and courage to whatever He calls us to do. We are not adequate to accomplish God's purposes for our lives on our own. But if He is with us we can do anything. We can free the slaves from bondage. 

He makes up for what I lack. I am adequate when He is with me. I can lead GracePointe Church if He is with me. And the same is true for you. You can (fill in the blank) because He is with you as well.