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Introduction
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Jason Brown is a big man―physically in stature and girth.
In 2012―after seven years in the NFL―Jason Brown was among the best centers in the league.
He was the starting center for the St. Louis Rams, and was in the middle of a five year, $37M contract.
That year, he decided it was time for him to walk away and do something else.
He said that his agent told him, “You’re making the biggest mistake of your life.”
Jason looked right back at him and said, “No I’m not.
No I’m not.”
“A good name is to be chosen over great riches, and grace is better than silver or gold.”
Jason Brown is a big man―physically in stature and girth.
In 2012―after seven years in the NFL―Jason Brown was among the best centers in the league.
He was the starting center for the St. Louis Rams, and was in the middle of a five year, $37M contract.
That year, he decided it was time for him to walk away and do something else.
He said that his agent told him, “You’re making the biggest mistake of your life.”
Jason looked right back at him and said, “No I’m not.
No I’m not.”
Jason Brown is a big man―physically in stature and girth.
In 2012―after seven years in the NFL―Jason Brown was among the best centers in the league.
He was the starting center for the St. Louis Rams, and was in the middle of a five year, $37M contract.
That year, he decided it was time for him to walk away and do something else.
He said that his agent told him, “You’re making the biggest mistake of your life.”
Jason looked right back at him and said, “No I’m not.
No I’m not.”
Now I might try to say that his agent should’ve been more understanding of Jason’s position.
But truth be told, I think I’d struggle to walk away from a job I was good at that paid me $37M.
And what was it that Jason Brown decided was worth giving up all of that cash to devote himself to?
Farming.
He bought 1,000 acres of farmland in Franklin County, NC.
Not only that, but Jason Brown had never farmed a day in his life.
How did he learn what to do?
He said, “I got on the internet and watched YouTube videos.”
The question, of course, is why?
What in the world did he do that for?
He left the NFL life to start what he calls, First Fruits Farm.
North Carolina’s food insecurity rate was higher than the national average, and Jason wanted to make a dent in that.
He donates the first fruits of every harvest to local food banks.
Only two years into the farming business he donated more than 10,000 pounds of cucumbers and 100,000 pounds of sweet potatoes to local pantries.
In his personal statement on his website he says,
“Everyone's life has a purpose and the only way to know that purpose is through applying God's heavenly wisdom in our lives and having a covenant relationship with our Creator, Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
There is a name that is above every name.
And when we make that good confession that Jesus Christ is Lord, we begin to want to do things for the sake of his name, for the glory of his name.
This is what Jason Brown is doing in NC.
The reputation that he desires is whether when people see him, they encounter the love and grace of God.
He says that, “love is the most wonderful currency you can give anyone.”
In our text, Moses is in process.
He is going to go in God’s name into Egypt to deliver God’s people so that they would see and experience God’s love, grace, and power extended to them.
So that they would come to realize that there is no one like the Lord―that the name of the Lord is to be praised.
Moses is finding out that because of who the Lord is, when his call comes your direction can change 180 degrees.
So, we see Moses express his Concern, in v 13.
Then we see God respond to him with Clarity in v. 14, and express his Commitment in v. 15.
Concern
Let me situate us in the book of Exodus.
We’re with Moses at the burning bush.
He’s been living in a land called Midian with his father-in-law, Jethro, and his wife Zipporah for decades.
He was a prince in Egypt, but now he’s a shepherd in Midian.
One day he’s shepherding the flock, and has led them to the west side of the wilderness to the mount of Horeb.
The angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush.
When Moses turned to see why the bush was burning, but wasn’t being consumed by the fire, God called to him from the burning bush, “Moses!
Moses!” God told him, “Remove the sandals from your feet because you’re standing on holy ground.”
The Lord said to him, “I have surely seen the afflictions of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry.
And now, Go!
I will send you to Pharaoh.
Lead my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”
Moses asks a question in v. 11. “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should lead the sons of Israel out of Egypt?”
There’s a dialogue here.
The pattern of the dialogue in chs. 3 and 4 of Exodus is this.
God keeps saying, “Go.”
And Moses keeps saying, “I don’t want to.”
Moses isn’t like Jason Brown at this point.
He’s not saying, “I’m willing to give up what I’m comfortable with for what you’ve called me to.”
Moses will eventually just stop trying to make excuses about why he shouldn’t go, and will fess up in 4:13 when he says, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.”
Let me make this point and please don’t forget it.
The Bible doesn’t present us with perfect people, who are super-saints, who don’t struggle to do what God has called them to do.
A lot of times we can be burdened with guilt because we struggle do what God calls us to do in his word.
God isn’t joking when he calls us to obey his word.
He isn’t joking around when he commands that we trust him.
But that does not mean that we will not struggle to do it.
Realize that God knows that his people will struggle to follow and obey him even after we put or faith in him.
Here’s the differentiator for us.
The place of faith isn’t no longer struggling to do what God says.
The place of faith is not, “I no longer struggle with what God calls us to do.”
The place of faith is actually seeing the Lord Jesus Christ start to change your desires; start to change your desires so there actually is a struggle!
“I want to do this, Lord, but I’m afraid of what it will mean.”
“I want to do this, Lord, but I’m afraid I’ll have to up to much!” Struggling to obey God can actually be a sign of faith.
“Lord I want to, but then I don’t want to because I know what it’ll cost.
I’m afraid of what it means if I do what you’ve said.”
That struggle can actually be a sign of faith.
So it’s no surprise that Moses here has a concern.
Even though God said to him in v. 12, “I will be with you.
This will be the sign for you that I’ve sent you.
When you’ve brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”―Moses,
you’ve got to trust me that this is what’s going to happen.
Even with this, Moses is concerned.
He says in v. 13, “I’m about to go to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.
But they’re going to ask me, what’s his name?
What do I tell them?
You know what’s behind his question?
In the ANE culture, gods had names.
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