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What's that in your hand?

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 What's that in your hand?  Moses' staff (It was an Shepherd's stick). When the Lord calls upon you to do something, you probably will be like Moses and feel that you are not up to the task. However, God has taken the ordinary people of this world many times and used them to do amazing things for His glory. He also uses our ordinary things for the miraculous. With Moses, it was his staff. Exodus 4:2 (NIV) 2  Then the LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied. With that Staff, Moses was able to show awesome miracles to the Egyptians and Hebrews. (Parting the Red Sea Exodus 14:21-22).  With the Widow of Zarephath - it was her pot of flour and jar of oil - that never ran out of flower. (1 Kings 17:7-16) With Gideon it was his fleece - it convinced him God was speaking. (Judges 6:36-40) With Samson it was his hair - it was the symbolic source of his super-human strength. Though Samson's power actually came from the indwelling...