Why do you stutter?

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Why do you stutter?
Exodus 4-7
(4:10, 6:12, 6:30)

1. Pretext?
Moses Is in Midian and he’s at the burning bush. He’s shoeless. At the burning bush.
à How did he get there? Life story – murder
Moses probably lived early in the New Kingdom era (about 1550-1200 B.C.). This time was the cultural and military peak of Egypt's three-thousand-year history. Moses lived within one hundred years of King Tutankhamen (about 1347-1338 B.C.), the boy-king whose undisturbed tomb was discovered in 1922. The magnificent objects found in that tomb are typical of the art, wealth, and workmanship amid which the young Moses lived and which was later represented in much of the artistry of the tabernacle.
Formation (Ex. 25). Moses, placed in a floating basket of reeds, was found by the daughter of Thutmose I, Hatshepsut. Captivated by the infant, she adopted him as her own. Later, when a youth, Hatshepsut seized power from a nephew who had been crowned Thutmose III, and she ruled impressively for 22 years. Moses, secure in the affections of this powerful and brilliant woman ruler, was well trained: “Educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians” (Acts 7:22).

2. Text?
God tell Moses to go deliver His people.
Moses says, “I can’t I st, st, st, stutter”


We stutter when we hesitate
We all know of Christians who say that they have never doubted. Their lives seem so pale, so far off from the heroic adventure that is faith. The most fruitful believers tell us shamedly of the inner battles that have torn them between doubt and faith. And the great Bible characters from Abraham or Moses right through Jacob, Jeremiah, Peter, and Paul all show us their conflict-filled lives, their revolts against heaven, their refusals to adapt to a God who was too demanding of them. They show us as well their reconciliation to that God. God loves those who don't give in without a fight!
Paul Tournier (1898–1986)
But God has the answer! Haven’t I given you a mouth?

We stutter when we get ahead of God
à My experience as a stutterer.
à Moses was probably thinking, who will listen to me? How will I lead a million people? Will I be killed when I go back to Egypt for the murder I committed all those years ago?


3. Post text?
WHO DOES ALL THE SPEAKING TO PHAROH? MOSES!




Conclusion:
The people who related to God best—Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah—treated him with startling familiarity. They talked to God as if he were sitting in a chair beside them, as one might talk to a counselor, a boss, a parent, or a lover. They treated him like a person.
Philip Yancey (1949– )

Moses took his sandals off because it was Holy ground, but he had to put them on to go do what God had told him too. Put your sandals on, and go and do His work.
(For further reflection study Matt. 28:18-20 and Acts 1:3-8)