What an honor it must have been to be chosen by God to lead God's chosen people out of bondage, and into the Promised Land. Moses must have been very brave, and commanding in order to carry out such an enourmeous task as that. What a priveledge! If God were not the Great and powerful Being that He is. He would have needed someone very brave and commanding, but since He is; He chose Moses. Moses; a middle-aged shephard, slow in speech, and a runaway from Egypt because of a murder he commited in his moment of weakness and hot-headness was chosen by God to lead Israel. What kind of leader is that? God had been planning the Exodus since long before Moses came into existence and He knew He wanted to use Moses to carry out the task.
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He supplied all the excuses he could muster and after God had countered every single one, Moses simply requested God choose someone else. God used Moses despite his resistance. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and developed an intimate relationship with God. You can plainly see in the book of Exodus that as Moses grows spirtually he matures in wisdom. However, Moses did have his short comings, and because of one of those he was not allowed to enter into the Promised Land. Although, as an example of God's mercy He did allow Moses to look out across the country that He was giving to the Israelites. The lives of the Israelites in no way resembled a loving and perfect group of people. They were impatient and full of complaints. They turned away from God many times and it was no doubt frustrating to Moses to watch them again and again repent and then turn away, but he perserveered. This showed his determination and proved that the years he had put in as a shephard had indeed been for a reason. He guided God's flock out of Egypt all the way to the Promised Land only to have them question God and be set to wandering in the wilderness for forty years. Moses led them even then with God's
He supplied all the excuses he could muster and after God had countered every single one, Moses simply requested God choose someone else. God used Moses despite his resistance. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt and developed an intimate relationship with God. You can plainly see in the book of Exodus that as Moses grows spirtually he matures in wisdom. However, Moses did have his short comings, and because of one of those he was not allowed to enter into the Promised Land. Although, as an example of God's mercy He did allow Moses to look out across the country that He was giving to the Israelites. The lives of the Israelites in no way resembled a loving and perfect group of people. They were impatient and full of complaints. They turned away from God many times and it was no doubt frustrating to Moses to watch them again and again repent and then turn away, but he perserveered. This showed his determination and proved that the years he had put in as a shephard had indeed been for a reason. He guided God's flock out of Egypt all the way to the Promised Land only to have them question God and be set to wandering in the wilderness for forty years. Moses led them even then with God's