Wednesday 30 Jul 2014

July 30: Exodus 2:11-15

Key Verse: Exodus 2:12
So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

Devotion:
I wonder what it would be like to have all of your past sins catch up to you in one moment? It is bad enough when you get found out by your parents after doing something wrong as a child, never mind having all of your wrong-doings brought into the light! Moses was a man who was born in a time of great oppression and brought up by Egyptians instead of his own people. What he did with that life makes me think that God can do anything with anyone!

Moses was a murderer. He killed the Egyptian in cold blood and justified it because the Egyptian was beating one of his fellow Hebrew people. We could argue that it was done because the Hebrew people were oppressed and had nobody to stick up for them, but then we would be taking the law into our own hands. God was the one listening to the cry of the Hebrew people and He was the one who was going to change things. Moses abused his position of trust as a prince of the people and went a step too far.

But that did not stop God from using him after that. Moses was a man on the run until that Pharaoh died after which God called him out of hiding to go back into Egypt and set the Hebrews free. God had used the situation in Egypt and had prepared Moses for the job in hand. He gave Moses the opportunity to learn the language and the Egyptian ways from inside the court, preparing the way so that he could go back into the court to fight the fight for the Hebrew people.

God does not forget a promise made and will use the circumstances to the best advantage. If we are willing to submit more to His ways then He will be able to use us in ways which do not involve us having to be drawn backward through a hedge! God wants to use us and He would prefer it if we were willing; but if necessary He will do things the hard way whether we like it or not.

Points to Ponder:
Do you always want things your own way?

Are you willing to allow God to work in you?