Exodus 3:11 And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
God Powers Your Call
The book of Exodus is a book about the Exodus of Israel out of Egypt and God’s mighty power in the land of Pharaoh. When you think about who God used to lead out the children of Israel, one is struck both by Moses’ strength and Moses’ weakness. When I think of his strength, I think of a man who had grown up in the court of the king, was surrounded by wealth, and whose adoption by Pharaoh’s daughter had probably given all the opportunities of education that Egypt had to offer. That was great strength.
On the other hand, we are talking about a man who couldn’t even get two Israelites to agree to follow him, had spent many years in the backside of a desert, and had in many way come to the end of himself, realizing that he was not up to the task that God was about to give him. Is the Exodus of Israel a reflection of Moses’ strength, his time in the palace, or is it a reflection of Moses’ weakness, the inability to get anyone to follow him. It was neither. It is a reflection of the power of God.
In Exodus 3:11, Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?” That was a good question, but it was a question that God did not answer. The question was, “Who am I?” The answer should have been, “Well, Moses, you are nobody, and that’s why I’m choosing you. I am the One Who gets the credit for what is done.” But instead of telling Moses who Moses was, God responds by saying, “I will.” If you look at chapters 3 and 4, the rest of this story is God’s revealing Who He is, and not His answering the question of who Moses was.
Moses said, “Who am I?” God answered, “I will. I am. I will. I will, I will.” God does not commission you in order to highlight how great you are. God calls; God enables; and God gets the credit.