When God appeared to Moses in the burning bush and asked him to go to Pharoah, Moses offered excuses.

When God told Jonah to go to Ninevah, he ran from God. Like many others in the Bible (and, all too often, us and those around us), they did not want to be available.  They complained that they did not have the ability. We often say:

• “Find someone else that is better prepared.”
• “God, you know I am afraid to get up in front of people.”
• “Surely you can find someone who can do a better job than me.”
• “God, I have failed you so many times. Don’t ask me to fail you again.”
• “God, doing this thing will take me out of my comfort zone.”

When God asks us to do, we start looking for excuses and reasons we can’t.  When will we learn that, in God’s eyes, our best ability is found in our availability? God can see past where we are.  He sees the end from the beginning.  He can see into the future and the realized potential he has in store for us. We need to ask God to help us be available.  In being available, He will increase our ability.  

Let us hold firmly to the hope that we have confessed, because we can trust God to do what he promised.  Hebrews 10:23