The Bush Is Still Burning… Stop Beating Around The Bush

Exodus 4:13-17 New Living Transition… But Moses again pleaded, “Lord, please! Send anyone else.”

14 Then the Lord became angry with Moses. “All right,” he said. “What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he speaks well. And look! He is on his way to meet you now. He will be delighted to see you. 15 Talk to him, and put the words in his mouth. I will be with both of you as you speak, and I will instruct you both in what to do. 16 Aaron will be your spokesman to the people. He will be your mouthpiece, and you will stand in the place of God for him, telling him what to say. 17 And take your shepherd’s staff with you, and use it to perform the miraculous signs I have shown you.”

Introduction: Moses was a time waster.

Moses was unaffected because he was unavailable. Reference John 4:24

Transition: When you beat around the bush the only time you’re wasting is your own!

Exposition: When you waste time beating around the bush, you learn some valuable lessons…

–Submission isn’t a look it’s a life (Lord)

Reference Luke 6:46 “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say”?

–Sovereignty isn’t to be toyed with (angry)

–Substitution isn’t the blessing you think it is (Aaron) 

Reference Exodus 32, Numbers 12, Numbers 20

–Service is a privilege not a burden (verse 17)

Conclusion: When God’s call is on your life, no will always be the wrong answer!