When God appeared to the prophet Moses in the form of an angel, speaking from the famous burning bush, God called Moses to do something great: lead the Israelites out of slavery and into freedom.
Moses' reply shows how overwhelmed he felt: "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?' Sound familiar? How often has God called you to do something, yet you didn't feel up to the task on your own. That's happened to me plenty of times.
But the good news is that we never need to do anything alone. God shows up wherever we are (Moses was just going about his work as usual -- tending sheep -- when God called out to him), and makes what's ordinary in our lives extraordinary (God appeared as an extraordinary flaming angel inside an ordinary bush).
God's response to Moses says it all: "I will be with you." God promises to be with us on our journeys through life -- always available to encourage and empower us. God knows that we can do whatever he calls us to do when we rely on his help. God believes in us, and wants us to believe in him.
We can be confident because of God's confidence in us.
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