God is Calling Us

God is Calling

By Pastor Gary Wayne

Text: Exodus 3:1-14, 4:1-3, 6-14a, Isaiah 6:1-9a, Ezekiel 22:26-30

In the last few years, as I read through the OT, the thing that speaks loudest to me is the mercy of God. The Love of God. His heart to go the extra, extra mile.
2Pe 3:9 “… He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.”

Eze.22:26-30
Stand in the gap, before God, on behalf of the land. What does that look like?
I think it is a little different based on who you are, and God’s design for you.

Ver.30c “but I found no one.”

Isa.6:1-9a
When Isaiah had a revelation of who God was, and then cleansed from sin, he heard the voice of God asking: “Who will go?”

When God called to Moses out of the burning bush, what did God ask Moses to do? How did Moses respond?
Exo.3:1-14, 4:1-3, 6-14a

When God asked Moses to go back to Egypt to, it triggered some of his insecurities, and old bitterness at trying to help and having it blow up in his face.

3:11 “Who am I …? Wrong question, Wrong focus.
But it is one of the first questions we tend to ask.
4:10 “I can’t talk…”
4:13 “Please send someone else.”
4:14 “So the anger of the Lord burned against Moses..”
Why did God get angry with him?
Because this wasn’t just about insecurities, but a heart issues. (bitterness)
God doesn’t have an issue with my stuttering problem.
“But God I tried to help those people out, and they blamed me.”

When I do it for the people, it will always bite me. Sheep bite!
But when I do it for God, and sheep bite me, God brings healing to my wounds.

Heb 5:11-12 “We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. In fact, thought by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again….” (NIV)