Do you ask God for instructions, or
do you tell Him what you want to do?
Of all the questions Moses asked
during His encounter with God at the burning bush, the one he asked in verse 13
may be the most important:
Then
Moses said to God, “Indeed, when I come to the children of Israel and
say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they say to me,
‘What is His name?’ what shall I say to them?”
Genesis
5:13 (NKJV)
God had revealed what He was
calling Moses to do and then the Lord reassured Moses that He would be with
him. In response, Moses is basically asking what he should do when he gets
there. He knew that there would be questions if he just showed up, claiming to
speak for God. The people of Israel were used to the polytheistic religion of
the Egyptians, and I suspect there were a lot of people claiming to speak for
various deities, including Pharaoh. Moses would have to identify the God whom
he claimed to represent and so it made sense to ask God to give him the words
he should say.
As followers of Christ, we are
called to serve and sometimes that means saying the right thing. In those
moments it is important that we recognize that we speak on behalf of our King
and our words must be His. Like Moses, we need to ask God to give us the words
He wants us to say. This should be a regular part of our prayer life and as we
ask, we must trust that He, through His Holy Spirit, will speak through us if
we surrender.
There are certain things that we
should often ask of our God. Near the top of the list should be, “What should I
say?” or “What should I do?” We have plenty of opportunities to serve our
Heavenly Father and if we are to do it right, we must be willing to humble
ourselves and ask Him to tell us what to do.
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