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Translation: ESV

1

Then Moses answered, 'But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, The LORD did not appear to you.'

Key Message

God does not dismiss our practical fears but responds with concrete confirmation to authenticate the calling.

▸Moses' second objection is the fear that the people will not believe him.

Moses' second objection is the fear that the people will not believe him. This is a genuine practical challenge that many leaders face. God responds to this fear by giving signs. The issue of credibility is resolved through signs, but ultimately through God's power.

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And he said to him, 'If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.'
2

The LORD said to him, 'What is that in your hand?' He said, 'A staff.'

Key Message

God works through the ordinary things we already have; our everyday tools become instruments of power in God's hands.

▸The question 'What is that in your hand?' shows that God works through what we already possess.

3

He said, 'Throw it on the ground.' So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it.

Key Message

God's power is greater than the symbols of worldly power; what was feared submits before God's instrument.

▸The staff becoming a serpent evokes the serpent as a symbol of Egyptian pharaonic power.

10

But Moses said to the LORD, 'Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.'

Key Message

Our weaknesses and limitations cannot be reasons to refuse God's calling; God reveals His power through our weaknesses.

▸Moses' third objection is his linguistic limitation.

11

Then the LORD said to him, 'Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?'

Key Message

The Creator God who made us knows all our limitations and fulfills the calling with power that transcends those limitations.

▸God's answer is a declaration of the Creator's sovereignty.

13

But he said, 'Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.'

Key Message

God receives even our resistance to a calling with patience, and responds with grace by giving co-workers to supplement our limitations.

▸Moses' final resistance comes close to direct refusal—'send someone else.

14

Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses and he said, 'Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.'

Key Message

God becomes angry at our resistance yet graciously gives co-workers; calling is fulfilled through communal cooperation.

▸God becomes angry yet graciously gives Aaron as a co-worker.

22

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, Israel is my firstborn son,

Key Message

God calls Israel His firstborn, expressing His love for His people in the language of a special relationship and protection.

▸The declaration 'Israel is my son, my firstborn' is a powerful declaration expressing the relationship between Israel and God as father and son.

31

And the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.

Key Message

The news that God is attending to His people leads to worship; the news of salvation in the midst of suffering is the most powerful motivation for worship.

▸The Israelites hearing the news of God's care and attention bowing down and worshipping is the first worship scene in the Exodus journey.