Throw it Down

     Moses would have been trembling in his shoes if he were wearing any, but when God tells you to take off your shoes, you go barefoot. He couldn't believe what was being asked of him. He didn't have anything that God could use. All he had was a stick, a little defense in an offensive world. He really couldn't believe the next request. God wanted him to throw down his only source of comfort, his stick. Reluctantly, Moses threw his stick down thinking, "This can't get any worse." only to see he was wrong.

  

     His stick was now a snake. Yes, a snake. As he turned to run, he heard the Lord say, "Moses, pick up your stick." Gathering up his courage, he grabbed the snake by the tail and it instantly was his old stick again, but something had changed. It was now God's stick; under Moses' command.

     All of us have something that God is calling us to throw down. That is down, not away. God wants us to lay down our talents so He can inhabit them. So that when we take them back up, they are God's talent under our command. What is God asking you to throw down?