My First Devotional

Yes, now that I have been attending MCC since September, I've experienced a number of new things in my life, one being a Devotional.

Something that we have every Wednesday in Oral Communications. November 8th was my turn…and I was up late the night before (or should I say very early that morning) trying to figure out what I was going to talk about…this is what I ended up with:

*clears throat*

There may be times in your life when you find yourself saying that you’ll never do this or you’ll never do that. You might think you’re not talented, or that you’ll never amount to anything. However…

Exodus 4:10-12 says:

"Moses said to the LORD, 'O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.'

The LORD said to him, 'Who gave man his mouth? Who makes him deaf or mute? Who gives him sight or makes him blind? Is it not I, the LORD? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.'"

(Reading verse 10, you might think, and I did and was also told, that Moses might have had a speech impediment.)

Now, Acts 7:22 says:

"Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action."

(If you have a problem with your speech, can you really be “powerful” in speech? I wouldn’t think so. Wouldn’t that be like saying “Johnny’s in a wheelchair, but he’s a fast runner!?”)

So, here we have Moses, who was apparently “powerful” in speech, and he talks to God, and God wants him to speak for Him, to the Pharaoh and the Israelites, but he doesn’t feel that he can do it, or doesn’t feel comfortable in doing so.

I find in a lot of situations that we just don’t give ourselves enough credit. We put too much thought into what other people might think of us, and how they will judge us. Rather than thinking about how God would like us to act, what He would like us to do, what HE would think of our actions. I find that this tells us that God wants to use you no matter how untalented you think you are. So have a little more faith in yourself, try new things, never say never, and do what you *know* is right. Because you just never know when you might have to give some big speech, talk in front of a large audience, play an instrument for many, or give a simple devotion to some classmates.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and opinions! I could definitely use any advice you can give me. Especialy since I have to do a large group devotion this Thursday! Ahhhhh!