FAITH CAPSULE: God introduced Moses to Moses so that Moses could know what was in his hand.

Exodus 4

Do you know yourself in the Lord? Knowing yourself in the Lord is to know what the Lord has deposited in you. It is how much we know ourselves in the Lord that will determine how far we go in the journey of God’s calling. Do you know yourself in the Lord? Psalm 49:20 stated, “A man who is in honor yet does not understand is like the beasts that perish.” One who does not know self in the Lord will not know how to go forward in His assignment in life. Above all, knowing yourself is to know what the Lord has put in your hand. Do you know what is in your hand? At the time God was about to raise a giant among the giants that glorified His name, excuse of not knowing self was an agent of disruption for Moses. In the calling of Moses, every attempt of God to get him on assignment was met by number of reasonable excuses. Moses did not know what the Lord had for him and neither does he realized what the Lord deposited in His hand for the great assignment.

God will not call man for assignment without empowering man. At the time He called Moses, Moses does not know himself. God introduced Moses to Moses so that Moses could know what was in his hand. It is written, “So the LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.” And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. 4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand),” (Exodus 4:2-4) A rod of God in hand is power of God at hand. Moses could not have been able to carry the assignment if the Lord did not show to him what He had deposited in him. If you have been called, know this day that He has put a fitting rod in your hand for the assignment.

Among all the disciples that walked with Jesus while He was on the face of earth, none contributed to the assignment of the Kingdom of God like the apostle Paul. Apostle Paul did not walk with Jesus on the face of earth but he knew himself in the Lord more than any of the disciples. Paul testified, “But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” (1 Corinthians 15:10) Know yourself and take off into the direction of your calling.

Prayer for today: Ask God to open your understanding that you may know yourself in God’s assignment for your life.