There he was commanded to cease his preaching of Jesus Christ. In these chapters, Peter was preaching to the people when he was arrested. We can see this in the way he responded to a situation later in his life, recorded in Acts 4 and 5. ► You'll also like: The Ultimate Guide to Giving a Powerful Sacrament Talkīy utilizing the enabling power of Jesus Christ, Peter used his darkest moment to learn and overcome the weakness that had plagued him for so long. In asking those we trust for help with a personal weakness, you will not only bless your own life but the lives of those who come to your aid. If you fear public speaking, there is no shame in asking someone to help you prepare for a talk, or asking someone to let you practice speaking to them, or even reaching out for a priesthood blessing if you need it. God has blessed us with family members, friends, Church leaders, and even His Son, Jesus Christ, so that we can have the help we need to become Saints. Just like Moses, we do not have to overcome all of our weaknesses on our own. He “told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him” (Exodus 4:28) and together they worked to deliver the children of Israel. Yet Moses didn’t let pride or embarrassment stop him. Imagine how he must have felt asking Aaron to speak for him. He tried twice to convince the Lord to call someone else before the Lord suggests his brother, Aaron. It was something that continually plagued him, so much so that the Lord called his brother Aaron to act as Moses’s mouth (Exodus 4:14-16).įrom the text in Exodus 4, it becomes clear that Moses was self-conscious of his own weaknesses.
This was not a weakness Moses overcame by some miracle. While talking with the Lord in Exodus chapter 4, Moses expressed his concern that he was “not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since spoken unto servant” but was “slow of speech, and of a slow tongue” (Exodus 4:10). Moses was not a strong public speaker-and knew it. Moses: The man who forsook riches and privilege for poverty and hardship, who helped free the children of Israel despite immense opposition, who-with God’s help-parted the Red Sea, who led the Israelites through the wilderness for 40 years, and who spoke with God.
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