Aaron, Where Are You?

Scripture – Exodus 4:13-17: 13But Moses said, “O Lord, please send someone else to do it.” 14Then the LORD’S anger burned against Moses and he said, “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and his heart will be glad when he sees you. 15You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do. 16He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him. 17But take this staff in your hand so you can perform miraculous signs with it.”

Reflection: Finally, after going through a number of excuses, Moses got down to the essence of his hesitation. He just wanted God to send someone else. I fully understand that. We can’t tell for sure what’s been going on in Moses through all of this. It looks like he may have been unsure of his ability and afraid to get in over his head (two concerns I face most days). Whatever, it finally led to his most honest cry: “Please send someone else.”

I don’t know why God chooses the people He chooses. I don’t know why He’s chosen me to be the pastor of a church. In most ways I can see, I’m an unlikely candidate for this responsibility.

What I do know is He’s calling me to continue in pastoral ministry, even in light of the technology of our age. He’s calling me to embrace that technology and use it. Like Moses, I resist that call, afraid I’ll get in over my head. Yet the same promise from God comes to me as it did to Moses: “I will be with you.”

I wonder who my “Aaron” will be. As I move forward, I trust God will send him or her soon!