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The Lord then reminds Moses of a basic fact of life, “Who has made man’s mouth?”. If we want to have any chance of understanding life we need to recognise that we are created beings. We did not come about because of evolution. Evolution may have had a role in the process, though I do not see how it can possibly carry the weight put on it by new-Darwinian evolution (i.e. it basically accounts for all development of life). But if it did have any role, then it was only as a tool in the creator’s hands. The West’s abandonment of the idea of a creator is one of the reasons why our societies are in such a state of collapse and losing their minds. It is also, as we see here, an essential aspect of our seeking to follow Christ. Note how often in the Psalms God is praised for being the creator. So here Moses doesn’t think he will be able to speak well, he won’t be able to do God’s will. He was forgetting that God is the creator. God knew exactly what He was doing. He was perfectly capable of enabling Moses to speak well.
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So, in the light of all this, God tells Moses just to go and get on with it! God would enable Moses to speak, and He would teach him what to say. Note that Jesus said the Holy Spirit would teach us all things. “I will be with your mouth”. We often speak of God being with us, see how specific that is made here. Moses was concerned about his ability, or lack of ability, to speak. God addressed this issue directly.
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