The Grands Letter

Dear Grands,

Exodus 4:10-15, “Then Moses said to the LORD, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.”
11 The LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
12 “Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say.”
13 But he said, “Please, Lord, now send the message by whomever You will.”
14 Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, “Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
15 “You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do.’”

Many arguments circle around one person wanting to do what others believe should be left to someone else. In this case, it was the other way around. The LORD had elected Moses to be the leader; but Moses begged off, saying, among other things, that he could not speak with sufficient elegance. (I dare say most of us would accept a leadership role without a negative thought!)

Still, many (some might say, most) of those who vie for leadership lack one or more of the basic characteristics that is needed.

We might guess that there was a more basic reason for Moses’ desire to be omitted as the leader; still, what establishes this confrontation as basic is that in the end Moses became the kind of supreme leader that Aaron would never have become. The LORD always knows best!

The key question for us is: When will we learn that the LORD always places the right people in the right positions. When someone ignores the LORD and seeks to position himself in a place of his own choosing, things always go wrong and the LORD has to extricate the one in favor of another.

Are you currently positioned where the LORD wants you? It’s easy to assume that you would do better if you were in leadership; yet, you would quickly learn that leadership requires more than you thought –more knowledge, more skill, and definitely more energy.

Don’t argue with the LORD about where He places you! He might just relieve you of all responsibilities! Just relax, and trust Him. The Father always knows best –always!

Heartily in Christ Jesus,

(Dado III)

Gene L. Jeffries, Th.D.
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
United States of America

“We never know that Christ is all we need until He becomes all that we have.” – Corrie ten Boom