I am sure you have heard the statement, “Actions speak louder than words”.
Do you believe it? I certainly do.
Sometimes we try to talk our way through life’s challenges, but more often than not, it’s our actions that speak the loudest—especially when those actions are surrendered to God.
Take Moses, for example. His heart broke when he saw his people suffering under slavery in Egypt. He wanted to see change. He even tried to make it happen on his own, stepping in and taking matters into his own hands by striking down an Egyptian soldier. His passion was real—but his timing wasn’t God’s.
Moses wasn’t perfect, but he kept showing up.
He didn’t always feel confident, but he cared deeply.
He didn’t always have great faith, but he stayed faithful.
And through it all—God provided.
What made Moses effective wasn’t his royal upbringing, his education, or his status. What made the difference was this: he surrendered.
Moses had a speech problem. He didn’t feel like a leader. But God asked him to offer up what he had. Moses had a simple staff—just a shepherd’s stick. But when he laid it down in obedience, God used it in powerful ways.
- That same staff became a snake and then back again.
- It was used to call down plagues on Egypt.
- It parted the Red Sea.
- It brought water from a rock.
It wasn’t magic. It was surrender.
And here’s the crazy part: the greatest way to overcome fear isn’t through strength or confidence—it’s through surrender. It sounds backwards, I know. But when we surrender our weaknesses, our fears, and even our doubts, that’s when God steps in and shows His power.
Paul wrote it this way in 1 Corinthians 1:27:
“But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.”
In Exodus 4, we see Moses having a very real, very human moment:
1 Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you’?”
2 Then the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?”
“A staff,” he replied.
3 The Lord said, “Throw it on the ground.”
Moses threw it on the ground and it became a snake, and he ran from it.
4 Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.”
So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
5 “This,” said the Lord, “is so that they may believe that the Lord… has appeared to you.”
Let me ask you:
Where do you feel “disabled”?
Where do you feel like you’re not enough, or you’re not ready?
What’s in your hand right now?
Maybe it’s your time.
Maybe it’s a talent or a skill you don’t even think is useful.
Maybe it’s your home, your story, your past, or your lack of experience.
What would happen if you surrendered those things to God?
Moses had to surrender what little he had. So do we. But here’s the good news: surrender isn’t about giving up. It’s about giving over—to the One it always belonged to anyway.
So today, take a deep breath, open your hands, and give it to God.
He can do more with it than you ever imagined.
Let’s surrender it all to God right now and watch Him do the miraculous through us despite our “disabilities.”
Research: A shepherd’s crook was one of the tools of Moses’ trade, and it played a key role in God’s mission of deliverance. God had already confirmed His power to Moses by turning this staff into a snake, and it was later used to perform miraculous signs that demonstrated God’s authority (Ex. 4:2–5). With this staff, Moses would initiate the plagues of hail (Ex. 9:23) and locusts (Ex. 10:13), part the Red Sea (Ex. 14:16), and produce water from a rock (Ex. 17:6).
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