Moses, our hero of the day made 4 main excuses when called by God.

Pastor Victor, in his characteristic style preaches a witty sermon, peppered with fun-filled slides that engage the audience

Mark was chosen to be “God” and read the passage with a thundering, echoey voice.

Ex 3:11
Moses asked, “God, who am I?” He asked out of a lack of confidence and inadequacy.
God’s reply is “I am with you”. He didn’t directly answer Moses, but said that He is with us, which is sufficient for us.

Ex 3:13
Then Moses asked, “Who are you?” And God says, “I am who I am”.
He means He is an all encompassing God. Fill in the blanks: I am _____. Fill in with Jehovah Rapha, Nissi, etc.

Ex 4:1
He also asked, “What if…” – He kept looking at the possibility of failure, thus creating fear.
Yet, God replied, “I am going to do it”.

God is everything to us, whatever and whenever we need assistance, He will fit snugly in that time of need.

Ex 4:10,13
Finally, Moses asked, “anyone else?”
When God wants us, He distinctly means us. He has chosen us. “You can do it”, God says.

“What is in your hand?”
God will do it with whatever we have. Moses only had a staff, and through that he used it for miracles. With the staff, he parted the Red Sea, producing water from the rock.

He will use the smallest item we have, be it a mini-camcorder or small camera to do great things. In the Asian culture, we often feel inadequate, but let’s not dwell in that, for God will take a nobody and make him a somebody.

BUT, be humble – there may be times when the senior pastor asks that you be assistant to someone else, despite your experience. God will elevate you in the right time – before you can be useful, you need to be broken.

The conference features Power Up! sessions, which are across all streams and address the spiritual aspect of media fanatics. Oftentimes, those who are creative and in the media teams get distracted and lose focus of the core – God.

The first session started with Pastor Victor Wong and hearing the call of God.

When God calls, it is directive – it is specific and for you. The call is tailored for your life based on your skills and gifts. Examples are Abraham, Moses, Samuel and Saul). All of them had directive calls and based on what they were good at doing.

God’s call is progressive – when he calls, it’s bit-by-bit and when you are obedient, he will reveal a little more to you. When we make a decision, it leads to another step and yet another – all in God’s plan and timing.

God’s call is retrospective – we oftentimes don’t see the big picture when we’re going through it, but only later when you look back, you realise that God had a bigger plan for you. Sure we may complain throughout the turmoil and problems encountered, but really, it’s all to mould and build you up. Look back and see all the points in your life that scenarios were orchestrated that just “seemed to happen”.

It’s also prerogative – God’s call is not about you, but about Him. He calls you for his sake. As such, we should us our talents and skills for enhancing His kingdom.

A quote from Oswald Chambers states, “if you can tell where you got the call of God and know all about it, he wonders if you even got the call. A lot of the time, God’s call is something you cannot put into words”. Which I guess is true, many times, we don’t know where exactly we are headed, and what we are called to do – and it’s okay. The beauty of serving God is trusting Him, and not knowing what comes next – that is the adventure, or the journey.

Wake up, Mr Paul Sebastian – you’re looking too comfy there!