Come, As You Are

Exodus 2:9-11

The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.” But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

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Come
As you are
As you were
As I want you to be

"Come, As You Are" written by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselik, and Dave Grohl from the Nirvana CD "Nevermind"

There's an old saying, God doesn't call the equipped, God equips the called. This isn't much of a chicken-egg thing, call and vocation come before being ready to answer the call and fill the vocation. It wouldn't be much for God if we were all ready for our assignments. Then it would be more like God doing a jigsaw puzzle than being sovereign over the universe.

Moses doesn't know the name of the God who sends him, so he asks. Moses is told to tell the Egyptians that I AM sent him. Knowing the name of God gives power, the first thing Moses gets with his call is the name of God, even if it's a little cryptic, he receives the first thing he needs to complete his vocation.

Then Moses asks "what shall I say?" The Lord tells him.

Then Moses asks "what if they don't listen?" The Lord enables him to do miracles and wonders with his staff.

Then Moses says, "Dude, I stutter!" By this time, you can imagine the Lord being a little perturbed? Hasn't Moses gotten everything he has needed so far? Has the Lord left him wanting yet? No, so the Lord reminds Moses of what he already has, his brother who does speak well.(This didn't make the Charlton Heston movie, but that's Hollywood.)

We are called, we have all received a vocation. We are called to different ministries. We are equipped with different gifts. But this is what we are to remember, come as you are. Come as you are called. The Lord is able to take care of everything else, in fact, the Lord wants us to rely on God for everything else.