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Pray the Word with David Platt

#1,294 - Not Our Power, But His Power (Exodus 4:13)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

Christian, Bible, Baptist, Devotional, Spirituality, John Piper, Prayer, Bible Study, Religion & Spirituality, Louie Giglio, Christianity, David Platt, Pray, Radical

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🗓️ 21 February 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

As humans, we are entirely dependent on God and His power. View the 2021 McLean Bible Church Reading Plan here.

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Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from Radical.net.

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Exodus chapter 4 verse 13,

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but Moses said,

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Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.

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It's a short verse that has significant implications for who we are,

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who God is, and how we pray, and what God calls us to do.

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Read it one more time.

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Exodus chapter 4 verse 13,

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but Moses said,

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Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.

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Now, that statement from Moses to God

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follows on Moses saying to God,

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God, I can't do what you're calling me to do.

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He says, I'm slow of speech and of time.

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Speak to Pharaoh and call him to let the people of Israel go.

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I can't do that, and God looks back at him and says,

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Who gave you your mouth?

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Who enables you to speak?

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That's me.

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And the implication is,

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God's saying, I will equip you for everything I call you to.

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Yet even right after, God says this to Moses,

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