Exodus 4: 1-9: “And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.”
There are two kinds of people, those who will try anything, often without thinking about what they are doing and those who take care before they do anything and often don’t do it because they are over cautious. Alexander Pope wrote “Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.” (An essay on criticism 1709) and this gives a solemn warning to everyone. However, Moses was called by the Lord to do something and we know that “whom the Lord calls He equips” (we know this from Heb 13: 20, 21, “Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.”) At that stage Moses was overwhelmed by the size of the task in front of him but the Lord already knew what was needed and prepared a series of miracles for him to perform to show exactly who the Egyptians were dealing with. However, the Lord was also dealing with Egypt in grace and giving them a chance to see just how great He really is so that they could submit to His authority and enjoy all the benefits of His goodness.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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