The only way I passed Chemistry in college was through partial credit. It was that difficult for me.
God knew that I was weak in math, and chemistry is math plus science mixed together.
God provided a way for me to get my last science course that I needed to continue on with my degree program. Getting partial credit on my final exam rescued me.
I narrowly skated by with a “D” on my transcript. Though it was not my best moment, God was aware of my limitations, and he provided a way for me to pass the class.
The premise for Sunday’s sermon, “Wait, Wait, Wait!!!”, on June 22, 2025 was based on this concept. Our pastor showed from the text in Exodus 4:1-17 that God has our best interests in mind when He calls us to do something and that He will provide for us in those plans.
God’s plans for our lives and the lives around us are trustworthy because God is trustworthy.
Moses, still at the burning bush, did not trust God with his calling. God wanted him to tell the elders of Israel that he was asked by God to lead the Israelites out of Egypt.
Moses didn’t think the elders would listen to him. God heard Moses and told him that he would enable him to show the elders three signs that God was with him.
The three signs were: his staff could turn into a snake, his hand could become leprous, and water from the Nile could be turned into blood.
God wanted Moses to trust that He would provide for what others needed to believe Moses. He also wanted Moses to trust Him to provide what Moses himself needed.
Moses was very insecure about his speaking ability and was scared to talk to the elders. He argued that he wasn’t eloquent.
God anticipated Moses’ struggle and provided a mouthpiece, Aaron, who was already on his way to meet Moses at the time that he and God were talking.
God wanted Moses to trust Him to provide for him, not replace Him.
When Moses asked God to use someone else, God showed some relational anger. He was upset because Moses wasn’t trusting Him. Moses had crossed the line from doubt to disobedience, and God wanted his faith as a prerequisite to moving forward with His plan for Moses and the Israelites.
God delights in our faith. He asks us for faith before He delivers on His promise to us.
In this sermon, trust is the issue. Moses had to trust that God was in control regarding Moses’ calling even when the Hebrew was afraid of rejection and failure.
We have to trust God in the same way.
Especially when He asks us to do something hard that requires faith.
—Ann Elizabeth Yeager