Read Ex. 4:18- 7:13
I don’t know if I ever saw that God told Moses from the very start that he was going to kill Pharoah’s firstborn son. That was the last plague God sent. When God gives us a hint into our future we can be sure there is going to be a waiting period and a test on the way. For Moses, there were many tests. The first test happened along the way to Egypt. This one remains mysterious to me. God tried to kill Moses so Zipporah circumcised her son and touched his feet with the foreskin. Commentators say that he had probably neglected to circumcise his son to please his wife. She saw it would cost him his life and did it herself out of love for Moses. The blood of his son saved him just as the blood of God’s son saves us. This was the test of obedience.
It is important for us to see that when God calls us to a task there are always oppositions and roadblocks. He doesn’t always part the Red Sea when we want him to although it will happen if we wait. To be a leader or an influencer, there are tests we have to pass. Moses first test was to overcome his fear. God sent him Aaron to walk with him. Another test Moses had to pass was the test of rejection. He was not only rejected by the Pharaoh but his own people gave up on him when it cost them more than they wanted to pay. Moses complained about this to the Lord and the Lord kept telling him to watch what He was going to do. Pharaoh would let them go; he would force them to leave. Then God gave Moses a name for him that no one knew before: Jehovah Yahweh, which means self-Existent or Eternal. Before they had only known him as El-Shaddai which means God Almighty. Revelation is on-going, ever being made known to the Body. There are always new things to learn in the Lord. He reveals himself as we need.
Lord, thank you for your awesome Word that is always revealing who you are more and more.
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