And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray
thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
Ex 4:13 (KJV)
It was a very grudging assent. It was as much as to say, “Since Thou are
determined to send me and I must undertake the mission, then let it be so; but
I would that it might have been another, and I go because I am compelled.” So
often do we shrink back from the sacrifice or obligation to which God calls us,
that we think we are going to our doom. We seek every reason for evading the
divine will, little realizing that He is forcing us out from our quiet homes
into a career which includes, among other things, the song of victory on the
banks of the Red Sea; the two lonely sojourns for forty days in converse with
God; the shining face; the vision of glory; the burial by the hand of Michael;
and the supreme honor of standing beside the Lord on the Transfiguration mount.
–F.B. Meyer
