What is in your hand?

When God called Moses, in Ex 3, to be the deliverer of the people of Israel from the land of Egypt, the first reaction from Moses was to back away from the call. He had excuses and responded with a pretty weak answer asking who was he to do this work.
The Lord did not let him off the hook, He revealed to Moses that He was the I AM, the God who is alive and active and fills the now - He is the God of the present time, He is alive in the present time.
Then in Ex 4 the Lord asked Moses, what is in your hand? A rod, that which Moses had been daily using as he cared for the sheep. Every day he was leading and caring for the sheep - the Lord was showing him that he had ability and authority. He not only took away Moses' excuses, but commissioned him and empowered him for the task at hand. There are so many other accounts of God doing this in lives - those who were called to lead and move forth in ministry and action.
God is still in the business of comissioning and empowering His people today, and He will ask the same question - what is in your hand?
Each of us have been invested with gifts and abilties - and most all of us use them so much more than we realize. God is still calling us to ministry and leadership today, He continues to bring revelation - where He interacts with us and opens our eyes to what He is doing in us, and what He wants to do through us.
This is not something any of us need to work up, this does not involve taking a class, getting more training, or doing more practice. No - what this is about is recognizing that each of us have been invested and empowered by God, and we simply need to be and do what we are.
It is time to see what is in your hand and start expressing what He has put in your life, to start being the person He has already made you. Many are in tough situations, even as you read this, and you may think, not me, who and I, it is not my time. Well, I would challenge you to simply open your eyes and see what is in your hand, and then start being who God has already made you to be.
Today is the day.