在我接受救恩並將生命獻給上帝的幾年後，我感受到祂要我放棄所從事的新聞工作。當我放下筆桿，將手稿收起來的時候，我不禁憧憬有一天上帝會呼召我，為祂的榮耀而寫作。在我尋求人生方向的那幾年當中，出埃及記第4章關於摩西和他的杖的那段經文，帶給我很大的鼓勵。

摩西在法老的王宮長大，原本前途一片光明，但後來卻不得不逃離埃及，當上帝呼召他的時候，他不過是一個默默無聞的牧羊人。摩西一定認為，沒辦法為上帝做些什麼，但最終明白上帝能使用任何人和任何事，使祂自己得榮耀。

上帝問摩西：「你手裡是什麼？」他回答：「是杖。」上帝說：「丟在地上」（出埃及記4章2-3節）。摩西那平凡無奇的手杖，竟立刻變成一條蛇。當他抓住蛇的時候，上帝又把蛇變成杖（3-4節）。這個神蹟是為了要讓以色列民相信「耶和華他們祖宗的上帝，就是亞伯拉罕的上帝，以撒的上帝，雅各的上帝」已經向摩西顯現了（5節）。如同摩西扔下手中的杖，再撿起來一樣，我也順服上帝的帶領，辭去記者的工作。直到後來，上帝引導我再次拿起筆桿，現在的我正為祂寫作。

我們不需要擁有很多事物，才能被上帝使用。我們可以單純地用祂所賜的才幹來服事祂。如果你不確定從哪裡開始，不妨看看你手裡有什麼。

A few years after I received salvation and dedicated my life to God, I felt Him directing me to lay down my journalism career. As I put down my pen and my writing went into hiding, I couldn’t help feeling that one day God would call me to write for His glory. During my years of wandering in my personal wilderness, I was encouraged by the story of Moses and his staff in Exodus 4.

Moses, who was raised in Pharaoh’s palace and had a promising future, fled Egypt and was living in obscurity as a shepherd when God called him. Moses must’ve thought he had nothing to offer God, but he learned that He can use anyone and anything for His glory.

“What is that in your hand?” God asked. “A staff,” Moses replied. God said, “Throw it on the ground” (Exodus 4:2-3). Moses’ ordinary staff became a snake. When he grabbed the snake, God turned it back into the staff (vv. 3-4). This sign was given so the Israelites would “believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you” (v. 5). As Moses threw down his staff and took it back up again, I laid down my career as a journalist in obedience to God. Later, He guided me to pick up my pen again, and now I’m writing for Him.

We don’t need much to be used by God. We can simply serve Him with the talents He’s given us. Not sure where to start? What’s in your hand?