Made for This
Read: Exodus 3:1-6 God called to him. (v. 4) Many kindergarten teachers ask children on the first day of school, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Jon Opgenorth January 17, 2026
Have you ever longed to hear God’s voice with clarity? Life is full of questions. Who am I? What am I to do? Where is God leading me? In moments of uncertainty, we wonder if God still speaks, and if he does, how can we recognize his voice?
This devotional reading plan walks with Moses through Exodus 2–4 as he learns to discern and respond to God’s call. From his earliest days, rescued from the Nile, raised in Pharaoh’s house, hidden in Midian, Moses’s life shows how God uses ordinary people and circumstances to prepare us for extraordinary purposes. At the burning bush, Moses encounters the living God who not only calls him but also equips him. Through Moses’s doubt, fear, and excuses, God shows that his presence and provision are always enough.
Each day’s reading invites you to reflect on your own journey: the people who have shaped you, the past experiences that prepared you, the sins forgiven through Jesus, and the moments when God whispers, “I will send you.” Along the way, you’ll be reminded that God is faithful to his promises, patient with our questions, and powerful to accomplish his mission through us.
If you’re searching for direction, courage, or reassurance today, take heart: God still speaks. He calls you his beloved and invites you to trust him with your future. May Moses’s example help you listen more closely and respond with faith to the God who calls.
This series was written by Jon Opgenorth, who serves as president of Words of Hope. Previously, Jon served for 18 years as senior pastor at Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa. In preparation for ministry, he received a BA in Religion from Northwestern College, and an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary.
Read: Exodus 3:1-6 God called to him. (v. 4) Many kindergarten teachers ask children on the first day of school, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Read: Exodus 2:1-3 She saw that he was a fine child. (v. 2) Behind the big, defining moments of our lives stand thousands of little moments. The burning bush of
Read: Exodus 2:4-9 Shall I go and call you a nurse? (v. 7) Two girls down in the weeds: one a slave, one a princess. Two girls down in the
Read: Exodus 2:10 He became her son. (v. 10) Our experiences shape our lives in ways we cannot always know. The God who “knitted me together in my mother’s womb”
Read: Exodus 2:11-15 He struck down the Egyptian. (v. 12) We cannot undo the wrong we did. We try to hide and cover up. We certainly relate to Moses hiding
Read: Exodus 2:16-25 God remembered . . . (v. 24) God remembers us in our suffering, even when we feel forgotten. I saw suffering firsthand in the alleys that weave
Read: Exodus 3:1-6 Turn aside to see . . . (v. 3) Moses’s call is all rather dramatic, but it’s also ordinary. It could have been any other day. Just
Read: Exodus 3:7-10 I will send you . . . (v. 10) God’s mission is stunning, his call is daunting, and his task towers over our lives, but for some
Read: Exodus 3:11-12 Who am I? (v. 11) Moses did not know who he was. Moses responded to God’s assignment with a question that reveals his insecurity: “Who am I?
Rev. Jon Opgenorth serves as president of Words of Hope. Previously, he served for 18 years as senior pastor at Trinity Reformed Church in Orange City, Iowa. In preparation for ministry, he received a BA in Religion from Northwestern College, and an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary.