It took me 15 minutes to read the story about the first 80 years of Moses’ life. In 4 verse 1 Moses seeks to escape God’s plan by pointing out that the people of Israel won’t believe anything Moses says. God gives Moses three wonders to validate his message. Moses must have been impressed, but he was still skeptical. In the last three verses of chapter 4 Moses and Aaron brought together the leaders of Israel. Moses declared God’s message to them and showed them the wonders from God to support his message. The leaders of Israel believed Moses. But more than that; they worshiped God. Moses’ message was not focused on the deliverance of Israel from hardship and slavery, it was focused on God, who would bring about deliverance for Israel from hardship and slavery. Too often we don’t follow Moses’ lead when we share the Gospel. It is not a message about our salvation, but rather a message about our God who works in the lives of people with faith to bring about salvation.
Stuart
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