He told Moses to go tell Pharaoh to let My people Go

  

 

 

 

 

Exodus 3:7-12

 

August 8, 2024

 

Then the Lord said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings,  and I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.  And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.  Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.”  But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?”  He said, “But I will be with you, and this shall be the sign for you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

 

As a Seeker of Truth, one is always looking for an application, how does this apply to my daily walk with the Lord?  First, one must see God’s plan for Moses before he was put in a basket in the Nile River was to encounter Him in a burning bush that was burning but not consumed.  And remember that God also has a good plan for your life.  Secondly, never look for a fix outside of Christ; He is very aware of your suffering.  And God has a plan to get you out of Egypt.

Now we like things to happen quickly, but stop and give thought. Moses is now forty, he is not doing all that bad, has a wife and at least one son to carry on his name, and is working for a man who is well respected in the community.  And God tells him, I want you to set free my people.  What were Moses's first thoughts, Why me, That is where most of us are when God tells us to go.

 

If I had been Moses, these thoughts would have come into my mind for years. I have been a shepherd, and the Egyptian has disdain for such people.  And Lord, you know they want to kill me for trying to help my people, so fear of the future would play into the many reasons, I should not be the one to go to Pharaoh.  But the past is not important when God said go, and I will be with you.  And not only that, but when the mission is accomplished, you will worship God on this Mountain.

 So, my brother or sister in Christ, when you get to the well seeking water, you are tired, feeling all along, and you see injustice and help a young girl trying to water their dad’s sheep, stand for good, and watch God show up in your circumstance.

 From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice