Exodus 4:10-16: “Then Moses said to the Lord, ‘O my Lord, I am not eloquent; neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.’”
Moses thus complains and tries to excuse himself from God’s call on the basis of flawed speech.
“So the Lord said to him, ‘Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the Lord?’”
God, who is the maker of mouths and all that they can do, refuses Moses’ complaint.
“‘Now therefore, go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall say.’ But he said, ‘O my Lord, please send by the hand of whomever else You may send.’”
Moses persists in his complaining and excusing.
“So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said; ‘Is not your brother Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And look, he is also coming out to meet you. When he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. Now you shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth; And I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you what you shall do. So he shall be your spokesman to the people. And he himself shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God.’”
God condescends to Moses even in His anger and resolves the language issue.
May God likewise resolve our limitations with His Name. Let us not be unwilling to speak it as best we can know it, reverently, to others along with all the meaning that comes with it. The “Great I AM,” or “Yahweh” in my ignorance and suspicion are the closest I believe I can come at present to speaking the Name of God. The name of the second Person of the Trinity is quite certain, and easy -- Jesus.
Excerpt from "Names"
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