My oldest child is a very practical, logical and literal thinker. He often has his brow scrunched up trying to understand something.

I was reading the story of Moses with him the other night. He listened very intently and unusually silent. (I usually get interrupted every other sentence with a question or clarification). After we finished reading, I was asking him some summary questions.

“Mason, why didn’t Moses want to go back to Egypt?”

Mason got a very annoyed look on his face, shook his head and dramatically threw up his arms.

“Well, I guess he was scared, mommy… but…

All Moses had to do was just obey God. Just go back to Egypt, do what God told him to do and God would take care of him. He didn’t need to be afraid. God would fight for him. God would handle the bad guy.” 

Obey God. Don’t be afraid. God would fight for him. God will take care of the bad guy.

The burning bush? The stick that turned into a snake? The water that turned into blood? Frogs… dead animals… locusts…? These are the things my #boymom mind thought he would be fascinated with. No. Instead, he was fixated on the fact that Moses just needed to obey God and God would fight for him.

For a child, it seems so very simple. As an adult, I’ve been asked to do some really hard things. Haven’t you? God has certainly not asked me to go talk to a pharaoh face-to-face, telling him God is mad at him and he should let all his free labor go. No, nothing like that. But some things sure do feel that hard at the time.

I have had many conversations with God though that sounded pretty similar to Moses’ conversation with God. But God… I’m too ___________. I can’t _____________. I don’t have ______. I ain’t the right person, God!

I have learned that God really will fight for us. We obey. He’ll take care of the rest. If He gave us His word, His promise, His plan…. we can trust Him to carry through with it. We don’t have to question His sovereignty.

Sometimes obeying in faith looks like picking up a sword and marching to battle – knowing God is in front of us preparing the way.

Sometimes obeying in faith looks like sitting there in silence, waiting and praying – knowing that God is working on hearts, especially ours.

Sometimes obeying in faith looks really crazy to the rest of the world – knowing His ways and His thoughts are higher than ours.

Friends, whatever it looks like for you to obey what God has called you to do, you do it in faith. Believe that if God gave you a word, you can cling to it and hold it close to your heart. You remember that promise as you take that first step out in obedience. There’s a whole bunch of us who are taking our steps of obedience in faith too.

Sometimes God uses my child’s faith to spur me on when I’m too tired/scared/weak to move.

Obey God. Don’t be afraid. God will fight for you. God will take care of the bad guy.