Exodus 3
This chapter is pretty interesting. We've got Moses, who was raised by Pharaoh's daughter, killed an Egyptian, and then had to flee Egypt for fear of his life.Then God appears to Moses and tells him that Moses will lead God's people out of Egypt.
Moses is a little apprehensive, to say the least! He's worried that the Israelites won't listen to him.
God says not to worry. They'll listen to Moses. But Pharaoh won't. Pharaoh will listen to God.
Not only that, but God says that by the time He convinces Pharaoh to let His people go, Pharaoh and his people will even send them with silver, gold and clothing, plundering the Egyptians!
God's laid out a lot of promises so far in everything we've read. Have you been noticing that as much as me? There are so many promises, and then we get see all of those promises play out!
Exodus 4
In this chapter we see more and more how insecure Moses is in this role God has put him in.He stutters. He doesn't speak well at all. He doesn't have any confidence. He doesn't want to do it!
God becomes very angry with Moses but agrees to let Moses' brother Aaron do most of the talking.
Along the way, the Lord actually comes to kill Moses. I don't remember reading that before! Moses' wife Zipporah thinks fast and is able to convince God not to kill him.
Sounds like Moses is going to have a hard time with this mission and he hasn't even started it yet!
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