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This is a 6 part series by Pastor Bill Bagley on Friendships, Relationships, Dating, Moral principles, Transformation and Walking obediently.  Bill presented these messages to teens at the CMR Middle School Bible Camp in 2010. This is an excellent series for teens and parents raising youth to help equip them to handle teen life biblically and to help guide them on a journey to live a Godly Life – I Timothy 4:6-16.

Pastor Bill concludes his weekly message to teens by talking about how to follow God’s call obediently.  He explains as humans, we are all very good at coming up with excuses in our lives to avoid the things that God might be calling you to do. He looks at Moses, one of the greatest leaders in Israel as he too had many excuses towards what God was calling him to do. 
Here are some of the excuses Pastor Bill talks about that Moses used with God with regards to helping the children of Israel recorded in Exodus 3-4. You will notice that God always strips the excuses away and provides a provision because God’s calling always comes in the enabling, so it doesn’t matter if you will feel qualified or not just like with the example here with Moses.

1) Moses said, who am I based on my past to be a leader and a deliverer (Ex 3:11), but God simply says in (Ex 3:12) I will be with you. Maybe God is calling you to do something big remembering He will always be with you – Hebrews 13:5.

2) Moses said, if they ask who sent me, what would I say them (Ex 3:13), God responds with the words to say “I am that am” thus you will say to the children of Israel the “I am” sent you (Ex 3:14). Maybe God is calling you to witness to someone today, but you are thinking, what would I say.

3) Moses said, they won’t believe (Ex 4:1), again God provides provisions (Ex. 4:2) by the power of his staff.  We should remember that God will never call you to do something that He will not enable or help you to do.

4) Moses said, but I can’t speak very well (Ex 4:10), God’s response in (Ex 4:11-12) was, who has made mans mouth, who makes him mute, or death, Is it not I? Maybe you have asked the same questions of yourself and need to pray about how God can help you, use the right words.

Have you used some of these excuses or maybe said no to God’s calling without first praying about it? We should remember that God doesn’t look for excuses, but looks for our trust and obedience.

“And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.” Romans 12:1-2

Series: Middle Camp pt6
Speaker: Bill Bagley
Type: CMR

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