Is God Building Your Faith?
Moses is remembered as a great leader of his people. His words of faith and encouragement to them still bring us hope today. One thing I think we forget, however, is that Moses didn’t step into his destiny with that faith fully formed. Something amazing happened between God’s call at the burning bush and the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt. We know God used the plagues to demonstrate His sovereignty to Pharaoh. Yet, as is so often the case, He was up to much more. Although Moses was raised with the knowledge of God, he didn’t encounter Him until he was 40. God knew knowledge – and even one life-changing encounter – wouldn’t be enough to transform Moses into the man God needed him to be for the next 40 years. Moses was raised in Pharaoh’s court. As a foreigner in a privileged position, it’s likely he dealt with much persecution. And, of course, he left fleeing a death sentence for murder. Now God was asking him to return to that place with an attitude of authority that he simp...