One More Thing: Moses

You know in the beginning of Moses’s journey with God He was afraid, nervous, and probably we could even say scared silly. He knew that in himself he could not perform the tasks God was asking him to do and he knew that letting God down was not something he wanted on his “resume’”. So he whined, isn’t that what any good god-fearing servant does before beginning something hard and challenging? I mean think about it… don’t we whine when God throws us a curve ball? Don’t we fuss when all of a sudden the path changes and our desires take a back seat to god’s plan? But you know God didn’t change His mind, didn’t waver in the plan he had for Moses, but he did provide Moses with a helper, with a partner along the journey. God used Aaron to show Moses that His ways are perfect and when he says, “do this” we should never doubt that God knew how we would achieve and that more importantly he would give us the tools we needed to succeed.

So how do you think Moses felt as the Israelites were fleeing Pharaoh? Do you think he thought “oh yeah, I’m somebody and I’ve done something now”, or do you think even then after seeing all that God had done, all that God had used him to do he was still afraid, still nervous, and probably still scared silly?  I think he was still scared silly, but you know the cool part? You know what makes me want to be like Moses? He never quit walking! He never gave up and even when He and the people were stuck wandering in the wilderness year after year, he persevered. Sure he had moments of doubt, of anger, and you know I bet there were times He was certain he had a better plan to get the people to where they needed to be than God’s. And yes, there were a few times He did “let God down”, there were moments when his flesh took over, when his ambition got in the way, and his human emotions ran rampant. But he was man enough (child of God enough) to admit those faults, to take responsibility for those sins, and still cling to God’s promise of a new home for the Israelites a new life for his children. Moses was a man but more than that, Moses was God’s man. Yes, he had flesh; yes, he made mistakes, but you know what: His walk with God grew year after year, deepened day after day and in the darkest moments in the wilderness, when eating more manna made Moses want to cry; He still walked, He still trusted, and He still followed God.