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…the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “I am the Lord; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you. But Moses said before the Lord, ‘Behold, I am unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?’”
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Moses apparently had a problem with stuttering, just as he said to the Lord at the burning bush, saying that he was slow of speech. {Ex.4:10} What he was really saying was that he believed that God had made a mistake choosing him to be His spokesman! God does not make mistakes! Moses would later write of the account of the prophet Balaam who went astray and had to be corrected by his donkey speaking to him! {Num.22:28}

God chooses the foolish things of the world to shame the wise so that no man may boast before God, just as the apostle Paul wrote. {1Cor.27-29} One of my favorite accounts in the Word, one that I have preached about so many times in so many places, is when Jesus had been speaking with the Pharisees and other Jews in the temple and He went out because they were picking up stones to throw at Him. {Jn.8:59}

As He left He saw a man blind from birth, somebody useless and worthless to the work of God! The Lord’s disciples asked Him if it was his sins or his father’s sins that were the cause of that truly horrible infirmity, {Jn.9…} to which Jesus answered that it was neither, but so that the works of God might be displayed in him. Right back to the burning bush! God said to Moses “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?” {Ex.4:11} It was God who made that man blind. Truth is often hard, at least until you know the whole story. That beggar was as we now know healed by the Lord, making clay and sending him to the pool of Siloam from where he came back seeing. {Jn.9:7}

It is not over until it is over! As Solomon wrote, “The end of a matter is better than its beginning!” {Ecc.7:8} So, do not give up, and do not give in but trust in the Lord with all your heart.

The man born blind came back with a testimony! People were astounded, and were arguing about what had taken place, the Pharisees were divided and furious because this healing did not fit into their plan or their operation. Horror of horrors, Jesus even healed on the Sabbath, a day that He said was meant to be a blessing, not a burden {Mar.2:27} Those religious leaders had ordered that anyone who confessed Jesus would be put out of the synagogue, including even that man’s parents. So that man, once a poor blind beggar, now on trial, stood before the Pharisees and would say to them and for all the world to hear, ‘one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.’ Yes, it is amazing grace!

Of course he was put out of the synagogue! But what is important for all of us to remember is that we need to be in the presence of God because in His presence there is fullness of joy. {Ps.16:11} Regardless of where that is; in trials and tribulations, in the valley of the shadow of death, in a fiery furnace or a lion’s den, in a Philippian dungeon, in a hospital room, or (fill in the blank) while you call to mind that Jesus went to the cross for the joy set before Him. {Heb.12:2} We are blessed to know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him and are called according to His purpose {Rom.8:18} as was the case with the blind beggar, now a joyful, victorious child of God.

“Jesus heard that they had put him out, and finding him, He said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” He answered, “Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?” Jesus said to him, “You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is talking with you.” And he said, “Lord, I believe.” And he worshiped Him.” (John 9:35-38)

DON’T GIVE UP, DON’T GIVE IN