Exodus 4:10-12 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. 11 And 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? 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Moses was sent on overwhelming task of liberating the whole nation of Israel from their cruel oppression in Egypt. It was inevitable that he will have to stand before the Pharaoh to argue his case. Therefore, he needed to be a good speaker to present his argument. However, Moses was not a good speaker. He was slow of speech and slow tongue. He was a stammerer and also not fluent in his expression. He needed to be a good orator and a excellent communicator to be effective in fulfilling the assignment that God had called him. What he needed the most for such task was his obvious deficiency. Therefore, Moses complained of his inadequacy for the assignment. He will be considered a joke for speaking for God whiles yet stammering and fluttering in his communication.
It is surprising to note that even after the divine encounter and calling he was still left a stammerer and slow of speech.
Ex 4:10 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.
The encounter did not empower his obvious weakness. He was still stammering after he had been called. Though the assignment needed an effective orator, God left him a stammerer. How can such a visitation leave him such gullible? How can he say he is a messenger of the Lord yet cannot speak well? How can God send him yet not empower him with what he needed the most for the assignment?
When he complained of his inadequacy God rebuked him for questioning His judgment. God reminded Moses that He is the one that created the mouth of everyman. If God created the mouth then He can definitely empower him with eloquence or oratory if He deemed it necessary for the task. His failure to be empowered with oratory was not an oversight or inability on the side of God but a deliberate and determinate divine decision. God did not consider excellent speech as a necessity for the assignment though Moses assumed that such credible talent was a must for one who was going to speak for God. Instead of giving Moses a new mouth, or empowering him with the needed gifts of oratory, God decided to be with his mouth.
Ex 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say.
Though Moses was deficient in speech, God supplement that with His presence. His presence was the necessary factor to accomplish the task ahead. If he would liberate the Israelites from bondage and set them in the path to their promise, he needs the presence of God to be with his mouth. His credibility as a messenger of God was not his communication skills or his oratory but the presence of God. He was not sent to Egypt to mesmerize the people with wisdom or oratory skills but to liberate them from bondage. He therefore needed a divine influence on his utterance to fulfill this goal. Therefore as long as God was with his mouth, he was well equipped for the task.
What we need in this season are those ministers of God who have God with their “mouth”. A mouth that is excellent in eloquence yet lack the presence of God cannot liberate the people of God into their divine inheritance. We have increased in spiritual information with excellent rhetoric yet many believers are still bound in their “Egypt”. We organize revival meetings and parade good speakers who tickle our ears with biblical information but lack the demonstration of God’s because God is not with their mouth. We are pumped up with rhetoric, hyped with clichés, mesmerized with insightful words yet many believers still remain in their bondage. The divorce rate among believers is increasing, many believers are bound with lust and addictions, our morality stinks and yet we brag about our revelations and our oratory. Eloquence tickles our ears, oratory mesmerizes us yet it is only the anointing that destroys the yoke and removes the burden. If we will be liberated from the bondage of the enemy and ushered into our promised land we need speakers who might be deficient in their oratory skills yet strong in the demonstration of the power of God. We don’t need just good speakers but those who can break the yoke, lift the heavy burden by the power of the anointing and usher us into the promises of God. Our legitimacy as messengers of God is not our oratory skill but demonstration of the Spirit.
1Co 4:19 - 20 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
Mere words do not liberate people from bondage. You cannot convince the devil through a good debate to release his captives. He does not respect oratory but he fears the anointing. The church of God is not a theater for us to parade mere good speakers. Many believers are hurting, discouraged and disillusioned. They need the end-time Moses to come along with genuine divine manifestation. Let us not be impressed with oratory without power. Otherwise, we will be excited with religious information yet lack divine transformation. It is high time we lock ourselves in the presence of God until our mouths are touched with the coal of His presence then can we be His legitimate messengers. We will then speak and the people will bear witness not to our oratory but the manifested presence of the Lord.
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