The King’s Speech is a British movie that tells the story of King George VI, who sought to overcome his serious speech impediment with the help of a speech therapist as World War II was unfolding in Europe.

The plot reminds me of another leader who dealt with a speech problem in a time of great crisis. Moses, when called by God to lead the Israelites out of captivity in Egypt, offered a number of excuses to try to get out of the assignment. One of them was that he wasn’t a good speaker. “Moses said to the Lord, “O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.” (Exod.4:10). The Lord responded by telling Moses that he would help him to speak, and that he would send his brother Aaron to share in the speaking duties (Exod.4:14-17).

Things turned out pretty well for Moses and the Israelites. As a matter of fact, Acts 7:22 describes Moses as “…powerful in speech and action.”

I suppose the lesson is that God will help us to speak whenever he wants us to say something important. We just need to trust him more.