“‘Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel out of Egypt.’ But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt? And He said, ‘Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you.”
Exodus 3:10-12
One of the warning signs of a self-made man is his self-destructive sense of direction. He tends to overuse the letter “I” to tell his story. Moses was a man with “I” trouble, and in danger of missing God. When He heard God’s new sense of direction for his life, he evaluated his prospects based upon his past experiences, not God’s personal Presence.
"Who am I?"
Moses
The wise man is a humble man who understands that his story is actually a part of HIS story. He doesn't hide behind false modesty and pious posturing. He obeys God, and gives the glory to Him for any and all he accomplishes, without taking credit for any of it. Moses was a broken man, when God called him to the greatest mission of his life. He responded with a question for God, not immediate obedience to Him. He revealed a heart filled with the fear of man and the fear of failure, not the fear of God.
Moses had been looking down on himself without looking up to God. Intimidated by his past failures, Moses lost sight of God in the present tense. It resulted in counting himself worthless in the future tense. The Presence of God is always the remedy for “I” trouble. The church is a vision center. When preaching focuses on building up the self-esteem of selfish children rather than focusing their eyes on The Father, it is time for vision correction.
NOTE TO SELF: Your vision will not be restored, by examining the lint in your own navel. Look up and focus on God. When “I” dominates your praying it becomes prideful posturing. The overuse of "I" in your preaching, makes you the subject, focusing the message on the messenger, not The Master. When you insert “I” into your parenting, without praying with your children, it invites the proverbial “Eye” roll of your children. Prayer practices The Presence of The Father in the name of Jesus. No matter who you think you are, believe Him when God tells you, “I will be with you.”
TALK LESS! PRAY MORE!