In this episode of the Weekday Podcast, Pastor Chuck reflects on Moses’ story in Exodus 3, emphasizing how God uses seemingly unqualified people for great purposes. After 40 years in the desert, Moses lost his confidence and doubted his ability, much like many people do in difficult seasons. Pastor Chuck encourages listeners not to let past failures or feelings of inadequacy define them, reminding them that Jesus makes them good enough. Instead of listening to the voice of the past, he urges them to trust God's future plans for their lives. In Christ, the future is bright, and God wants to use each person for His purpose.
Well, hey friends, welcome to another edition of the Weekday Podcast. Thanks for hanging out with us today. Our hope is that these few minutes would be encouraging in your walk and and your life of faith. And so thank you for being with us. If you find these helpful, I want to encourage you to hit the subscribe button or the Follow button in your podcast app. And what that enables you to do is to download your device, download it every single night so that the next freshest episode is always available. And hey, if you use the Sugar Hill Church app, it is always there. In fact, we've got a backlog over at weekdaypodcast.com so if you ever find yourself needing an encouraging word or if there's some glitch in technology, you can always hit the archives and find a word that's helpful over the next several sessions. I'm with you.
I want to think about Moses and how God can use seemingly unqualified people to do amazing, amazing things. In fact, when we read In Exodus 3, Moses has been on the backside of the desert for 40 years, his hopes and dreams begin to die. His sense of purpose and destiny honestly had wavered. He was now settled in the middle of nowhere, doing a job that he never thought he would do. He was a shepherd. In the middle of that moment, God shows up and says, Moses, I'm going to use you. Moses, I'm going to send you to Egypt to be part of delivering my people from slavery. Now, 40 years in the past, Moses would have been honored. When Moses was younger and still living in Egypt and full of himself, he would have probably said yes immediately. But one of the excuses that Moses gave was, I am not good enough.
Here's what Moses says in Exodus 3:11. He says, but who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt. After 40 years in the desert, his swagger is gone. His confidence is depleted. And now, the moment that God wants to use him in a powerful way, he's basically like, I'm not good enough.
I think that's the danger for a lot of us today, is the danger of living in a season that I would call the desert season, where there's not a lot of life and there's a lot of frustration and you're working your tail off is that dreams begin to die and those promises that used to excite you begin to fade. And sometimes in those moments, we're our own worst enemy and we allow our past to define us.
So I want to encourage you today, if you're waiting until you're good enough, you don't have to wait on that. Because the truth is, on our own we'll never be good enough. But because Jesus died for us and he rose again and he gives us a brand new start at the moment of salvation, you do not have to be good enough on your own. Jesus makes you good enough. Jesus is the one that wants to use you. So my encouragement today is instead of listening to the voice of your past that says I'm not good enough, listen to the voice of the future of God looking down, seeing what he wants to do in you and through you. Here's the encouragement. Don't let the voice of the past be louder than the voice of your future. Because, my friend in Christ, your future is bright.
Have a great day. We'll see you back here soon.
