Heroes of Faith – Moses

Today’s Hero of Faith is the reluctant leader of the Exodus. When God called Moses to lead the people of Israel, Moses tried to avoid God’s call. The Israelites were being oppressed in the land of Egypt and God wanted Moses to lead them out of Egypt to the Promised Land. God called Moses to this task when he appeared to him at the burning bush. At first, Moses’ objections seem a little bit like humility. When God tells him the plan, Moses’ first response is “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt” (Exodus 3:11).

It might just seem like Moses thought that he was too lowly of a person to talk to Pharaoh and to lead this Exodus. However, as you continue reading, you see him coming up with many more excuses for why he should not go. Moses thinks the people might doubt that he is sent by God. God gives him the name that he should use to verify that he is sent by the true God. God said, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you’” (Exodus 3:14). Moses still wonders what he should do if the people still doubt after that. God gives him a few miraculous signs to perform for proof.

Even after that, Moses still complains about his qualifications. He says that he is not a good public speaker. God assures him that he will be with him to help him. Moses then simply asks that someone else be sent. God gets angry with all these objections and tells Moses that his brother Aaron will go with him. In spite of Moses’ objections, God still called him to service. This makes me think about how God deals with us at times. He calls us even though we have objections. Our sinful nature objects when God calls us to faith. Our sinful nature wants to remain in our sin. In spite of that sinful nature, the power of the Holy Spirit still overcomes and works faith in us.

God also calls us to a life of Christian service. This is going to look different for each of us depending on our careers and our various roles (husband, mother, son, daughter, coach, pastor, etc.). We aren’t always excited about carrying out our roles. We might grumble and complain about what we need to do. Our sinful nature doesn’t want to carry out these roles in ways that gives all the glory to God. Our sinful nature wants selfish ambition to be part of our motivation. We make excuses about why we can’t carry out various acts of service or we make excuses as to why we don’t have time for worship, Bible reading, and sharing our faith. In spite of our objections, God still works in us. He still uses us. He used Moses and he can use us. He reminds us of our glorious Savior who took away our sin through the cross.
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He reminds us of the same ideas that he told to Moses. He proclaimed about himself “The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin” (Exodus 34:6-7). His forgiveness motivates us to serve. We see how much he has done to take away our sin and we want to serve out of love and thankfulness. He may not use us like he used Moses but he will use us in ways that glorify his name.

As I think about the ways that he used Moses, I think about the fantastic miracles that he performed through Moses. Read through the early chapters of the book of Exodus and you will see all kinds of amazing miracles. Each of the 10 Plagues were impressive in the scale of what happened. The Nile River was turned to blood. In many of the plagues, the entire land was infested with sickness or with insects. Frogs, gnats, flies, and locusts came over the whole land in four of the plagues. All the livestock were infected in one of the plagues. People and animals were infected with painful boils in another plague. Hail came down on the entire land and darkness covered the land in two other plagues. Then there was the Passover. The angel came and killed the firstborn of those who did not have blood on the doorframes of their houses.

Another impressive miracle came when the waters of the Red Sea were divided and the people of Israel passed through on dry ground. They walked between two walls of water. All these impressive miracles make me think of a magical superhero. Miracles are supernatural in that they are God acting outside the normal events of nature. In comics, the first magical superhero that I think of is Doctor Strange. As the master of the mystic arts, he performs all kinds of things that would be considered miraculous. In his movie from 2016 he reverses time in order to defeat the villain. Because of this comparison between Moses and Doctor Strange, I am now imagining Moses coming before Pharaoh and saying, “Pharaoh, I’ve come to bargain.” If you don’t understand my reference, you will need to watch the movie.