Scripture: Exodus 4:1-17
“Consider the mighty ways in which God used a dead stick of wood. ‘God so used a stick of wood’ can be a banner cry for each of us. Though we are limited and weak in talent, physical energy and psychological strength, we are not less than a stick of wood. But as the rod of Moses had to become the rod of God, so that which is me must become the me of God. The Scripture emphasizes that much can come from little if the little is truly consecrated to God.”
Francis Schaeffer, “No Little People, No Little Places”
“Take these hands / Teach them what to carry
Take these hands / Don’t make a fist
Take this mouth / So quick to criticize
Take this mouth / Give it a kiss
Yahweh, Yahweh / Always pain before a child is born
Yahweh, Yahweh / Still I’m waiting for the dawn”
U2, “Yahweh”
“For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong…”
1 Corinthians 1:26-27
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