Why does God, who could do everything himself, without effort and without tiring, entrust his greatest tasks to ordinary people? This sermon pauses at the burning bush, where the old shepherd Moses showers God with very human questions: who am I, who are You, and why not choose someone else (Exodus 3-4). In God’s patient answers lies the truth about how he still works today, through ordinary people and through what they already hold in their hands. Listen before the next time you say: this task is too big for me.
Discussion questions
For your small group or for personal reflection after the sermon.
- Moses meets God in the burning bush in the wilderness, on a mountain far from Egypt, as an ordinary shepherd. What does it say about God that He reveals Himself in such a place and to such a person?
- Moses keeps asking God questions: who am I, who are You, what if they don't listen, I'm not able, send someone else. How does God answer each of them in Exodus 3 and 4?
- God could free Israel without anyone's help, yet He chooses to work through a person. Why do you think God carries out His plan through ordinary people?
- The sermon reminded us that God answers the question "Who am I?" with "I will be with you." How does this promise change the way you see your own weaknesses and limitations?
- God asks Moses what is in his hand and uses an ordinary staff and his hand. What ordinary thing in your life might God want to use?
- In what area of your life, such as marriage, money, confessing sin or telling someone about Jesus, are you saying to God "send someone else," and what step of obedience can you take this week?
