Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

Called to Glorify God

The fire of God’s calling will separate Moses, and it will send Moses but there is one last purpose that the fire of God will accomplish. God must overcome the weakness of Moses in order that he may glorify God.

Moses tells God he can’t go, he can’t speak, he’s too old, he’s too weak. He even asks God for his name, something that the God of Israel has never given before, but this time God speaks and in the name of Jehovah is all the power that Moses will need. Exodus 3:13-14 And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

It was no longer a question of the weakness of Moses, but the power of Jehovah God. The power of the name of God would not fail.

God in giving His personal name, also gives Moses the final purpose of his calling and I believe that same purpose is also still true today for us today. In telling Moses that he is not just the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob but “Jehovah,” the great I AM, God is telling Moses that he would share this name with the Children of Israel and that it would be a memorial, a remembrance to glorify God.

Exodus 3:15 And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

This was the first time that the personal name of God was revealed. God’s purpose in revealing His name was to bring His people to know Him, to remember and honor Him for all generations. Like a memorial, erected to stand for eternity, the name of God would bring others to glorify God just as the burning bush had brought Moses to the glory of God.

Called To Show God's Glory

The greatest purpose of our own calling is to bring a remembrance, a memorial with our lives showing who God is. It is to bring honor and glory to God through our own lives in His service. As Moses in his weakness could only show the strength of God, we in our weakness will also show the greatness of God.

This is God’s purpose according to Ephesians 1:11-14 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

And just as the revelation of God’s name would bring glory to God in the Old Testament, the revelation of God’s Son, Jesus Christ, bring glory in the New Testament.

Jesus said, in “John 12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.”

Our great purpose, our high calling, is to show the world Jesus Christ, crucified, buried and now raised to glory. He is the payment for their sin debt. He is the gift of God for our forgiveness. And in telling the world who Jesus is, we fulfill the purpose of our calling, to bring glory to the Lord by sharing the Gospel of Grace that uplifts Christ, our Lord and Savior. - Pastor Kris Minefee