Many of us have politely declined divine appointments because our cost-benefit analysis could not justify obedience.
But Moses said, O Lord, please send someone else to do it.
Why Moses Hesitated
Apart from personal speech-related challenges, Moses had enough reasons to be reluctant to take the assignment. First, his current life was calm and peaceful. No complications of turning sticks into snakes and leprous hands. Why disturb calm waters?
Secondly, the task God was giving him had two massive political difficulties: getting the slaves to buy into his narrative and confronting a monarch whose power Moses fully appreciated after spending four decades of his formative years in state house.
Thirdly, a quick personal cost-benefit analysis would have yielded negative results. Apart from the many dangers accompanying the task, there was really no personal gain for him. For such a task, please send someone else to do it.
When Comfort Overrides Calling
Do we not daily face these issues when evaluating divine appointments? Our culture glorifies personal comfort and gain. Truthfully, many of us have politely declined divine appointments on account of personal cost-benefit analysis.
That is how we have ended up living mundane, humdrum lives devoid of the thrill and adventure that God intended when He molded us in the secret place and allowed us to see the sun. Time to evaluate our lives, is it not?
