--God Is Calling Us To Obedience ~~

~~EXCUSES VS. OBEDIENCE ~~

--'And Moses said unto the LORD, "O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."'
---(Exodus 4:10)--

~~Recently a brother in the church commented that I was an expert at making excuses. While he said it in a friendly manner, it made me pause and reflect on my ways. Our ministers sometimes talk about a sin of omission, which we fall into if we know something good to do but we find excuses not to do it.

How often do we talk about visiting elderly or sick people, but somehow the time is never quite right to do it? Or we may know that a brother or sister is struggling and could use some encouragement, but we make the same excuse that Moses made in today's key verse when God asked him to deliver the Israelites. "I can't speak well," we say.

Another example might be the times when we are asked to have a devotional at our local Christian school. Our work may seem more important than schoolchildren. "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 19:14/ KJV). There are many other occasions when we can be found guilty of making excuses. The Bible clearly tells the end of those who keep making excuses to decline the Savior's invitation.

At the end of life, we want to be among the sheep found at Jesus' right hand. To be there, we must avoid excuses and serve others as Jesus said that the sheep had done. "Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matthew 25:34).

--Beside Still Waters/MY~
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