What is in your hand?

Exodus 4
1 Moses answered, "What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, 'The LORD did not appear to you'?"

2 Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?"
"A Staff", he replied.

A staff, nothing special, just a stick. Yet Moses used it time and time again as a tool to channel God's power through. I mentioned several men from various parts of the bible on Friday's post. The point for Friday was that God took these men and made their lives spectacular.

Today I would like to use the same men as an example of how the Lord does not care what you think you can do; he knows what you can do! What is in your hand? It might not look like much, but the Lord can do amazing things with very little.

Moses went before the Pharaoh.....he could not speak well to say the least. Noah was a good man, but he had his faults, certainly not a "pillar" of the community. The apostles were common men, fishermen, tent makers, tax collectors that were walking with Christ, and still would bicker among themselves. Paul I think is the best example. He went from hunting down the Christians and persecuting them, to being on of the most devout servants of the Lord.

Once the Lord goes to work in your life there is no limit to what you can achieve. It does not matter where you start out. All it takes on your end it the faith to see it through; the belief that Christ is working in your life, on your behalf. HE will open doors, and create opportunity where none has been before. He will raise up the weak, to heights above kings.

What is in your hand? When the Lord calls on us, or shows us a path that might look pretty tough, remember he knows what your capable of, even if you do not. You might not be the strongest, but the Lord can make you stronger than any one. God has a great track record of taking everyday people and making them extraordinary.


In I Corinthians 1 Paul tells us "He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are".

So the next time you think you can't, remember that Lord does not need much to work with. Just a little faith on your part and he will take you to new heights. Doors will open that have not opened before. What is in your hand? It might not look like much to you, but to the Lord it is all he needs.


Peace,
Rev. Thetford