He's Moses' Voice

In Deuteronomy He's Moses' voice....

To get a clearer picture about Moses being the voice of God in this book, I did some research about the book itself and not just the scriptures. In an overview of Deuteronomy, Chuck Swindoll shares this: Deuteronomy means "second law" and was written around the end of the 40 years of wandering. The children who had left Egypt were now adults and ready to enter the Promised Land. This book also restates the Ten Commandments and Moses reviewed the law with the Children of Israel as they prepared to go forward. The covenant between God and the Israelites was a bi-lateral one, meaning that God would keep His promise to bless them if they remained faithful to Him.

When you think about Moses, you think of him as one of the greatest leaders in the Old Testament. He was strong in the Lord, miracles were worked through him, he communed with God and stood before Egypt's Pharaoh demanding that he let God's people go. He stood before the Red Sea as it's waters parted and the Children of Israel were able to pass through. But it wasn't always so.

Like many of us, Moses balked at what God wanted him to do. He made excuses as to why he couldn't fulfill the calling on his life. He even argued with God, kindling his anger.

And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? 12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. 13And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. 14And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. 15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. 16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God. 17And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. Exodus 4:10-17

Like Moses, God wants to be our voice and us to be His voice to the lost. Mark 13:11 says But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. The Word that we speak is not us, nor is it our word, but that of a Holy God. In our imperfections, He is perfect and when we are an open vessel to His will, He is able to speak forth through us, and we know that His Word will not return unto Him void. We are never wrong when we speak the Word. And like Moses, God can and will do great and mighty things with our voice.