Doubt is something that all humans experience. As a Christian there are many times we are faced with the question “Does God want me to do this?” This is the same question that Moses was faced with when God chose him to lead the Israelites out of Egypt. Moses had fled Egypt after murdering an Egyptian while defending a fellow Israelite. Moses had started a new life in the desert as a Shepherd and had pretty much settled down with his wife and family when God spoke to him through a burning bush and told him this (Exodus 3:10-11) “So now, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring my people the Israelites out of Egypt.” to this Moses replied to God “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

We see again in Exodus 4:1-4 Moses doubting and asking God this question.  “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?” God tells Moses that he will perform miracles and signs that will convince the Egyptians that God is with him.

Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.”

The Lord said to him, “Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak and will teach you what to say.”

But Moses said, “Pardon your servant, Lord. Please send someone else.”

Then the Lord’s anger burned against Moses and he said, “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he can speak well. He is already on his way to meet you, and he will be glad to see you.  You shall speak to him and put words in his mouth; I will help both of you speak and will teach you what to do.  He will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him.  But take this staff in your hand so you can perform the signs with it.”

We see through this whole initial exchange with God the doubts that are in Moses’s mind. These doubts are common to every human. Moses was standing in front of a burning bush with God talking to him and still did not think himself capable of doing something that God had called him to do.  Moses even asks God to send someone in his place. This shows that even the great heroes of the Bible were faced with fears and doubts in their lives when God asked them to do something.

The same thing happens in our lives as Christians we are often faced with fears and doubts about things that God calls us to do in our lives. Just like Moses, we are faced with doubts about our past. Can we really do this? What if they don’t listen to what we say? What if this? What if that? This is natural for humans but with God all things are possible. We see in the story of Moses that only when Moses started believing that it was not him but God who was doing these things that he was able to be a great leader and do great things for God in the Bible. In the end, he actually went ahead and obeyed God despite his fears and doubts and became one of the beloved heroes of the Bible.

We can do the same as Christians if we can start doing things for God despite our doubts and fully trusting in God to work with us then all things are possible. Hebrews 13:6 says “So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?” If we truly start believing that God is our helper just like Moses learned to do we can also make an impact in this world for the work of God.