Grudging Assent

 

  And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send

        Exod. 4:13

It was a very grudging assent. It was as much as to say, “Since Thou art determined to send me and I must undertake the mission, then let it be so; but I would that it might have been another, and I go because I am compelled.” So often do we shrink back from the sacrifice or obligation to which God calls us, that we think we are going to our doom. We seek every reason for evading the divine will, little realizing that He is forcing us out from our quiet homes into a career which includes, among other things, the song of victory on the banks of the Red Sea; the two lonely sojourns for forty days in converse with God; the shining face; the vision of glory; the burial by the hand of Michael; and the supreme honor of standing beside the Lord on the Transfiguration mountain.

F. B. Meyer

Samuel G. Hardman and Dwight Lyman Moody, Thoughts for the Quiet Hour (Willow Grove, PA: Woodlawn Electronic Publishing, 1997).

How often we resist the urging of the Lord to do a task only to begrudgingly agree. This is often the case in scripture of the ones chosen to be His voice, prophet or emissary. The thanks for the mission is not always from those of earth but from a loving God with grace, blessings and eternal life.

May the good Lord bless and keep you safe.

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