“But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. So I will stretch out my hand …” Exodus 3: 19-20 I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him,” God said to Moses. I rephrase this statement as follows: “I know that the devil will not leave you alone unless a mighty hand compels him.” That sounds totally true. Satan has to be compelled to leave you alone, to let you go. He will never willingly let you go. This goes to show the determination that Satan has when it comes to constraining the children of God; he wants to keep them in bondage forever. Christians, therefore, need to be more determined than the devil to free themselves from his shackles. Unfortunately, a number of Christians are too lukewarm or absent-minded to even think of getting their freedom; such Christians, therefore, remain under Satan’s bondage in various areas of their lives. The devil is determined to bind you forever. If the devil i...
But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” Exodus 3:11
God depends on you to carry out His mission in this world. Never let Him down.
The Israelites were in slavery in Egypt. They were toiling each day, forced to undertake strenuous manual assignments.
The King of Egypt was treating the Israelites with extreme brutality. The Bible says because of this, “God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.” Exodus 2:24-25
God did not end with just being concerned about the plight of the Israelites; He resolved to take them out of Egypt to the Promised Land. God decided to take action consistent with His concern.
This is where the matter gets interesting. God wants to carry out a very important mission, but He can only achieve this through man. He has identified a man for that purpose. But on approaching the man, here is the response that God got: “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”
In my view, this is a question that Moses should have never asked. Moses had been approached by no other than God Himself, the creator of heavens and earth, the one who knows and knew everything! Under such circumstances our answers should always be Yes and Amen.
If God gives you an assignment for you, take it on without question. Some Christians believe God has a specific assignment for them, but up to this day all they do is think about the assignment without taking the first step to bring it into reality. Why delay? Time is running out! The ability is of God!
Seeing that Moses lacked confidence, God reassured him; God said, “I will be with you.” Exodus 3:12
But it seemed that even after the reassurance, Moses still doubted himself. Moses actually asked God to send someone else. In the end, God had to find a helper for Moses for the intended mission. The Bible also states that God was angry with Moses because of his attitude.
God could be angry with you now if you are not running the errands you ought to be running.
Despite this, we need to take our hats off to Moses for the work he went on to do, with the help of Aaron. However, His responses to God at the start of the mission could have been better thought out.
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