Moses was summoned from retirement at the age of 80. He had been living as a shepherd for half of those years when God appeared to him in a burning bush and called him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
What an assignment! After he had already escaped from his life in Egypt and had nothing to do with the Israelites anymore (?).
Of course, he balked at first. He had a series of excuses, including concerns about his lack of eloquence. He even asked God to choose someone else. But you cannot say “no” when called to do work for the Lord.
The Lord has not given me any new assignment as astonishing as Moses'. But why do I feel like a Moses? Well, as a facilitator of our Women’s Sunday School, which I take to heart, my writing about His grace, and teaching values to my students, I am sort of enjoying my “retirement” too.
But our only similarity lies in our length of stay on mother earth.
Should there be a new, astonishing assignment, I could not (much as I want to) echo prophet Isaiah who said, "Here I am, send me." He was in his late 20s or early 30s when he responded to God’s call, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?"
Isaiah's willingness to serve God by going where He was needed is an inspiring example of faith and obedience.
Today, I look back and look up to these Bible heroes as I praise and thank the Lord who gifted me with life and opportunities to serve Him—not in the magnitude of Moses and Isaiah's—in simple ways that I am able.
"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men . . .” Colossians 3:23
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