Faltering Lips and Mighty Deeds

“But Moses said to the Lord, ‘If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?’”

Exodus‬ ‭6‬:‭12‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬

It’s funny how different people can see you. In Exodus, Moses says, “I speak with faltering lips.” Yet in Acts 7:22, the Bible says, “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was mighty in words and deeds.” So which one is true? The answer is—both. Moses felt weak, but God saw strength.

There are some things we think about ourselves that are, at best, exaggerated, and at worst, simply not true. We’ve all got those inner narratives that whisper: “You’re not good enough… You’ve missed your moment… You don’t have what it takes.” Those lies fence us in, hold us back, and shape our destiny if we let them. They become like invisible chains—familiar, comfortable even—but deadly to our calling.

That’s why you need open, honest conversations with good, godly friends—people who truly know you and have your best interests at heart. (And be careful! Don’t bare your soul to envious pseudo-friends—they’ll use your vulnerability as ammunition.) You need voices of truth, love, and wisdom speaking into your life. Most of all, you need God’s Word to confront the lies.

Satan’s entire kingdom thrives on half-truths. “Did God really say?” the serpent hissed in Eden, twisting truth into poison. He still does it today. I wonder—what lies are you believing about you right now? Too old? Too young? Too inexperienced? Too broken? Too late? Too much of a failure?

Even if some of it is half true, remember—God delights in using what the world discards. He chooses the lowly, the foolish, the “are-nots.” He rides on stumbling colts! He blesses faltering lips!

And here’s the amazing part: God obsesses over your weaknesses far less than you do. You’re fixated on your flaws; He’s focused on your future. Paul, the great apostle, was given a “thorn in the flesh” not because he was weak, but because he was too strong—lest he become proud. God’s message to him? “My grace is sufficient for you.”

So don’t envy the strong, the eloquent, the flawless. God may have allowed your weakness to keep you close to His strength. By all means, improve, grow, develop your gifts—but above all, grow in grace.

Because one day, heaven will say of you what it said of Moses: “Mighty in word and deed.”
Even if right now, you still feel like you’ve got faltering lips.

I declare that my weakness does not disqualify me—it positions me for God’s power. “God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong” (1 Corinthians 1:27). What I lack, He supplies; where I am limited, He is limitless.

I will not despise my frailty or hide my need, for the Lord declares, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). In my surrender, His strength is revealed. Today, I stand confident—not in myself, but in the power of Christ within me. When I am weak, then I am strong (2 Corinthians 12:10).

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