The Blessing of the Stumbling Tongue
Google Images If it were anyone else but God, we’d suspect him of being self-absorbed. As we begin Exodus 6, God speaks to Moses and makes a series of claims and promises that ought to have silenced the self-doubt of our not-so-intrepid leader of the fledgling nation of Israel. If you read Exodus 6:1-8, God uses the “I” eighteen times (depending on the version you are reading). “ I am the Lord ” He says, and then goes on to tell Moses what He is going to do. Now Moses has been in a funk because Pharaoh won’t listen to him, and the Israelites are angry with him because their work load has increased due to his “intervention” with the Pharaoh on their behalf. But notice that Moses himself doesn’t listen too well—or should we say that he may be listening but he is not hearing. After all God claims and promises, what is Moses’ focus? “ But Moses said to the Lord, ‘If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips '” (6:12). Th...