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Day 19, or January 19. Follow God. You know it makes sense. Our thought today is rooted

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in Exodus chapter 3 verse 11. But Moses said to God, Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh

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and bring the Israelites out of Egypt? Now the big picture surrounding this verse. After

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serving as a shepherd for his father-in-law Jethro, sometimes called Ruel, Moses is confronted

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by God at the burning bush. It is likely that he has seen burning bushes before, but every

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other time they lasted only a few minutes. This one never dimmed or showed signs of dying

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out. And then he hears God's voice telling him to return to Egypt, to lead them out of

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Egypt into freedom. It seems a lifetime ago since Moses committed murder and fled from

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Egypt and he had been on the run ever since. Moses is less than enthusiastic and offers

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one excuse after another, including not knowing what God's name is. No one will believe me

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anyway. I don't speak very well. This debate seems likely to go on forever until God shows

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signs of getting angry, and he strongly suggests Moses takes his brother Aaron with him, as

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he is an eloquent speaker and can therefore be a good spokesman. Moses finally gives in

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because he was by now seeing the logic of following the God of his fathers.

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And now our action step for today. I have heard so many accounts of God calling particular

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individuals into his service. A common denominator all too often is the suspicion that it's

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not a good deal, that God has an ulterior motive. I'm sure you've heard missionaries

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say things like, I told God I would go, but not to a hot country. Then he sent me to Equatorial

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Africa. It's as though God wants to trick us into doing His will, which is far from

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the truth. He always has our best at heart, and our part is simply to follow His guiding.

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Once it dawns on you, like it did for Moses, that God probably has a better grip of the

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situation than you do, following becomes a whole lot easier.