But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it." Exodus 4:13
I think it is safe to say that Moses was afraid. He was first afraid that he was not worthy of the task God had for him. Then he was afraid people would not believe him. After that he was afraid that he was deficient somehow and after God answered all these fears, he still begged God to send someone else! We can fall into the same patterns of fear in our walks as well. God may have called us for something that we think is too big for us. Maybe we feel deficient or unworthy. Perhaps we also are afraid of how people will react to us as Christians doing God's work. That is why the enemy uses fear so much; because it keeps us from fulfilling what God wants us to do.
Moses was also not alone. When God called Gideon his response was:
"But
Lord , " Gideon asked, "how can I save
And when God called Jeremiah his response was:
"Ah, Sovereign LORD," I said, "I do not know how to speak; I am only a child." Jeremiah 1:6
Perhaps you are afraid that you are ill-prepared, too young or too weak but God always knows better. His answers to these biblical figures are the same for us today in our fear:
And God said, "I will be with you. Exodus 3:12
