Fri.’s Devo - Mose’s Journey to Greatness

Read: Exodus 2:11-3:22; Matthew 17:10-27; Psalm 22:1-18; Proverbs 5:7-14 Moses grew up in Pharaoh’s palace and one day wanted to visit his people. He saw their oppression and slavery and when he witnessed an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, he was motivated to help. He thought he was alone so he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. *** He went back out the next day and saw two Israelites quarreling among themselves. He asked the man who struck his brethren why he would do that to his own race. The man asked him what made him think he could tell them what to do and asked him if he was going to kill him like he did the Egyptian yesterday. Moses knew he had been seen and it would not go well for him. Sure enough, the Pharaoh found out and Moses had to flee for his life. *** Moses went to land of Midian. The priest of Midian, Reuel had seven daughters who came to the well every day to feed their father’s flocks. Usually the shepherds would drive them away and they would have to wait, but Moses helped them and watered their flocks. *** When the women came home so early their father asked them about it and they told him what Moses did for them. He asked them to go get Moses. Moses came and ended up staying with Reuel. Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah for his wife. They had a son and named him Gershom meaning “thrust or driven out” because that was how Moses felt about what had happened to him in Egypt. *** The king of Egypt died and the people took this opportunity to cry out about the bondage they were under. I’m sure they were hoping the next king would have pity on therm. *** Meanwhile Moses was on the back side of the dessert and came to the mountain of God, Horeb. The Angel of the Lord met him in the fiery flame of a bush that wouldn’t consume. He told him that he had seen the oppression of his people in Egypt and has come down to deliver them and bring them to the land he promised them through Abraham. He was sending Moses to Pharaoh to bring his people out of Egypt. *** Moses protested but God told him he would be with him and bring him right back to this mountain where he will serve him. Moses asked him what he should call him to the Pharaoh and God said to tell him that I AM has sent you to him. First Gather the elders of Israel and tell them what he told Moses. They will go with you to see the Pharaoh. Tell the Pharaoh that God has met with young He wants to meet with us three days journey into the wilderness so we may sacrifice to him. But he will not let you go so I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My wonders and then he will let you go. I will give my people favor with the Egyptians and they will give them gold, silver and clothing and you shall put them on your children and plunder the Egyptians. *** The disciples asked Jesus why the scribe said that Elijah had to come first. and Jesus said that he had to restore all things first. Then he told them that Elijah had come and they didn’t treat him well. He was referring to John the Baptist. *** When they met back with the crowd after seeing Jesus in his glory, a man came to him and knelt begging him to heal his son from epilepsy. He had taken him to his disciples, but they couldn’t heal him. Jesus cast out the demon and healed the boy. The disciples asked Jesus in private why they couldn’t cast out the demon. Jesus told them that they had do have faith and that this kind only came out with prayer and fasting. *** Jesus told them again that he would be betrayed into the hands of man. They would kill Him and he would be raised up on the third day. *** When they came to Capernaum, the tax collectors asked Peter if Jesus paid the temple tax. Peter told him he did. When he came to tell Jesus, Jesus already knew what he was going to ask. He asked Peter if kings taxed their own sons or strangers. Peter answered the strangers. Then Jesus said the sons are free (speaking of them.) But not to offend them, he told Peter to go to the sea and cast a hook and take the fish that came up first. Open its mouth and take the piece of money he finds in the fish and give it to pay their tax. *** What a miracle! There is nothing that you can’t do. May our faith increase day by day and may we do the acts that you did because greater are You in us than he who is in the world.