No one is exempt from God's call.
Most people think of Moses as a great leader, a hero, and a strong, worthy man of God. In actual fact he was just like anyone else. Moses was shocked that God would call him.
Look at the list of excuses Moses used to prove to God that someone else would be better suited for the task. First he said, "I am not the right person." Then, "I have no idea what to say," followed by, "They will never believe me." Then, "I stutter." Finally, Moses just
asked God to go find someone else for the job.
Many of us too are filled with excuses about why we cannot do what God calls us to do. We have too many responsibilities to get to church school on time; worship is too boring; we do not have time to serve those in need. We pass neighbors with a nod and a wave instead of listening to their concerns and allowing them to know ours. We miss opportunities to share God's love in Jesus Christ because we assume that someone else will do the job. Yet God calls us.
God did not exempt Moses, and God does not exempt us. It is so much simpler to say "Yes" and to trust the One who made us, who loves us, and who promises to be with us as we obey?
Exodus 3:1-4:17
v1-4 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
v17 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey.
(Stops & Steps 1004 10VII2009)