Exodus 3:11-17 - Homilies By J. Urquhart

Hindrances to service and how God removes them.

1 . THE HINDRANCE FOUND IN THE SENSE OF OUR OWN WEAKNESS ( Exodus 3:11 , Exodus 3:12 ).

1 . Moses knew the pomp and pride of the Egyptian court. He remembered how Israel had rejected him when he was more than he was now. Once he had believed himself able for the task, but he was wiser now: "Who am I ?" etc. He might serve God in the lowly place he held, but not there. Moses in this the type of multitudes. God's call for service is met on every hand by the cry, "Who am I that I should go?"

2 . How God meets this sense of weakness.

II. THE HINDRANCE FOUND IN THE SENSE OF OUR IGNORANCE ( Exodus 3:13-17 ).

1 . His own thought of God was dim. How then could he carry conviction to the hearts of the people? The same lack of clear, living thought of God keeps tongues tied to-day.

2 . How it may be removed.