WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

Ex 4:1 AND MOSES answered, But behold, they will not believe me or listen to {and} obey my voice; for they will say, The Lord has not appeared to you.
Ex 4:2 And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod.
Ex 4:3 And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he did so and it became a serpent [the symbol of royal and divine power worn on the crown of the Pharaohs]; and Moses fled from before it.
Ex 4:4 And the Lord said to Moses, Put forth your hand and take it by the tail. And he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand,
Ex 4:5 [This you shall do, said the Lord] that the elders may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has indeed appeared to you.
Ex 4:6 The Lord said also to him, Put your hand into your bosom. He put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
Ex 4:7 [God] said, Put your hand into your bosom again. So he put his hand back into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, it was restored as the rest of his flesh.
Ex 4:8 [Then God said] If they will not believe you or heed the voice {or} the testimony of the first sign, they may believe the voice {or} the witness of the second sign.
Ex 4:9 But if they will also not believe these two signs or heed your voice, you shall take some water of the river [Nile] and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which you take out of the river [Nile] shall become blood on the dry land.
Ex 4:10 And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not eloquent {or} a man of words, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and have a heavy {and} awkward tongue.
Ex 4:11 And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the dumb, or the deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
Ex 4:12 Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you shall say.
Ex 4:13 And he said, Oh, my Lord, I pray You, send by the hand of [some other] whom You will [send].
Ex 4:14 Then the anger of the Lord blazed against Moses; He said, Is there not Aaron your brother, the Levite? I know he can speak well. Also, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be overjoyed.
Ex 4:15 You must speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you what you shall do.
Ex 4:16 He shall speak for you to the people, acting as a mouthpiece for you, and you shall be as God to him.
Ex 4:17 And you shall take this rod in your hand with which you shall work the signs [that prove I sent you].
Ex 4:18 And Moses went away and, returning to Jethro his father-in-law, said to him, Let me go back, I pray you, to my relatives in Egypt to see whether they are still alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

•Many a times we look from outside and far places for answers and solutions when they are within us
•In most cases, the solution and or answer to our problems is in our hearts and in the written Word
•We many a times make pledges that when something happens, we will do such and such a thing
•You need to realize that you cannot do great or major things if you fail to do the little in your ability
•Start from where you are and not wait for something to happen before you do “something”
•If you want to give to the work of the Lord, to the poor or any other good cause, do not wait to accumulate great wealth before you start giving
•Start from where you are, if you can not give from the little you have, you may not give when you get much.
•When it comes to giving, people will think, “I will give or accomplish much when I get a lot of money”

God Does Not Expect What You Do Not Have

•The example of the widow and Elijah, 1Kings 17v8-16
•The example of the widow and Elisha, 2Kings 4v1-5
•The example of Moses and his rod, Exodus 4v2
•The example of the poor widow and Jesus, Luke 21v1-4
•David and the sling, 1Samuel 17v40-51

Start From Where You Are
•What ever dream you have, look at what have and start from there
•You need to take the bold first step and things may fall in place
•Examples:
i)Giving
-start giving from what you have, sometimes it takes a sacrifice
-giving is not giving excess or what you do not need
-giving involves taking a risk, sometimes it is painful to give
-do not wait for a day you will have a million dollars before that start giving
-Many a times there are financial opportunities in church for you to give but some do not utilize them
-Some wish they could have millions of dollars and give to “Big” TV ministries but fail to give the little they have to their local church!
-Start from tithing, weekly Sunday offerings, special offerings and other needs and grow from there.
-You cannot start by giving houses, cars and other major assets when you cannot give the little
ii)Starting business
-For you start a business, do not wait to accumulate a lot of money
-Start from the little you have and grow from there
-I one asked a certain “Indigenous” business man about the secret behind his success, he said “Vision, Taking Risk and Persistence” he did not mention having a lot of cash
-You need faith to start, then the rest will follow
-If you have a dream of starting a business, start from where you are, look at the talents, experience and the ability you have, what assets do you have? What do you have?
-We need to look more on what we have than what we do not have
-You have land to plant vegetables, fruits, etc
-You have a rural home to keep livestock (cattle, chickens, etc)
iii)Getting involved in politics
-start from the little you have / know
-you need to realize that you are the person that can influence change in your nation or political environment
-Look around you and see where you can start, start from the cells, province, etc
-Rise up and do something, in Zimbabwe politics is very risk in the present moment but if we are to have any positive change in our politics, we need people who will rise up and start from where they are
-The current political leaders can not take us where we need to go as a nation, we need young people with vision, insight, courage, intelligence, appreciation of the modern world
-We need to go beyond liberation politics, that we fought for independence is now irrelevant and outdated, that you were beaten by police and suffered as a opposition part is now becoming irrelevant
-Do you see a need to be part of the political leadership? What do you have? Start from there and move on!
iv)Ministry
-Some people thing to be a great man / woman of God, you need to hear a loud voice from heaven, that may or may not happen.
-Start from where you are, what are good at doing, what opportunities are there for you to serve?
-What do you have? What can be your contribution to your local church?
-Do not wait to open your own ministry to start serving God.
-Every or any opportunity given you to positively contribute to the body of Christ seize it. Do not wait to attract large crowds of people and have healing / miracle meetings.
-Start from where you are; what gift or anointing do you have?
-You can start by being a cell leader, usher, singer, deacon, teens or youth leader, associate pastor, etc until you get to where God is calling you to.
v)Increasing your commitment to the things of God
vi)Pursuing any major decision
•Do not wait for conditions to be favorable before you do something
•Start now, take the risk, sometimes what you do may not be making any sense to other people but do it anyway.
•Major achievements are achieved when people acted on simple things and acted against odds.

When There Is Responsibility, There Is the Ability (grace / anointing)
•When God gives you responsibility or vision, he also gives the ability, anointing or grace to accomplish it.
•You may not realize that grace until you step out in faith, obey God and start doing something
•Faith is taking a risk, you may not know what will happen
•Praying for the sick for an example is a step of faith, you do not know what will happen but you step out by faith!

Conclusion
•So, look at yourself, what do you have?
•God is in you, His anointing and ability is in you
•What talents and giftings do you have?
•Start from where you are, do what you can, remain focused on your vision, the rest will follow.