The Man Moses #2

The Lord said to me,.."I will test my people with a plumbline. Amos 7:8 (TLB)

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The Man Moses #2
 


Clayt Sheridan, II

Quick Review: When Moses killed the Egyptian in an attempt help his Hebrew brothers his own people turned against him he fled to Midian. When he realized that the word was out, he ran for his life and lived in exile over in Midian.  During the years of exile, two sons were born to him and Zipporah the daughter of Jethro.


Forty years later, an angel appeared to him in a burning bush. Moses was tending the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the west end of the wilderness and came to the mountain of God, Horeb. The angel of GOD appeared to him in flames of fire. He looked. The bush was blazing away but it didn't burn up. Moses said, "What's happening here? I can't believe this! Amazing! Why doesn't the bush burn up? God called to him from out of the bush, "Moses! Moses!" He said, "Yes? I'm right here!" God said, "Don't come any closer. Remove your sandals from your feet. You're standing on holy ground." Wow! This is a defining moment in the life Moses!


The Great I Am Speaks:  Then he said, "I am the God of your father: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face, afraid to look at God. GOD said, "I've taken a look at the affliction of my people in Egypt. I've heard their cries for deliverance from their slave masters; I know all about their pain. And now I have come down to help them, set them free from the grip of Egypt, get them out of that country and bring them to a good land with wide-open spaces, a land lush with milk and honey, the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. "The Israelite cry for help has come to me, and I've seen for myself how cruelly they're being treated by the Egyptians. (Adapted from Exodus. 3:1-9)

Moses Pleads for Relief: He offers God four excuses why he was not the right choice, He told God how unfit he was; he was fearful of the people; he lacked eloquence; please send someone else. God told him  "I'll be with you,". "And this will be the proof that I am the one who sent you: When you have brought my people out of Egypt, you will worship God right here at this very mountain."

I AM Speaks To Moses: Then Moses said to God, "Suppose I go to the People of Israel and I tell them, 'The God of your fathers sent me to you'; and they ask me, 'What is his name?' What do I tell them?" God said to Moses, "I-AM-WHO-I-AM. Tell the People of Israel, 'I-AM sent me to you.' 


 "Don't you have a brother? He's good with words, I know he is. He speaks very well. In fact, at this very moment he's on his way to meet you. When he sees you he's going to be glad. You'll speak to him and tell him what to say. I'll be right there with you as you speak and with him as he speaks, teaching you step by step. He will speak to the people for you. He'll act as your mouth, but you'll decide what comes out of it. Now take this staff in your hand; you'll use it to perform signs and wonders to the people and he Egyptians." 


Look for the next edition  Announcement of Deliverance