It had been so long since he had seen his brother.
Now, due to his efforts at putting off the call of God on his life, Moses had been offered a great support in his efforts. The dynamic of the relationship would take on great value for Moses in accomplishing the task laid out for him. Aaron was to be his voice. It was more of a crutch for Moses than his rod that he used. It was given to remove every impediment that Moses had put in the way. So after informing his wife’s father who had given him more than a place to stay but a way of life for over half his conscious life to that time, he was good to go.
He was good to go – but there was a weighty matter that almost killed him before he got going. The weighty matter had to do with his son. A son that had not been circumcised as Moses id not carry out that responsibility to his son. It was something that ended up with his wife doing the act so that he could recover from the ha d on his life.
These depictions of Moses make it clear even at 80 years old, Moses was nowhere near the finished character. There were still things to be resolved in terms of his growing relationship with God and the dependence on Him where serving was concerned. There were clearly family issues to resolve as well.
There’s no room to ever think we’ve completed the character and are perfect to be used by God. There is no room to think that and there’s plenty of room to see where our character may have the unresolved areas to be sorted. There’s plenty of room for us to remain dependent on God to highlight those issues so we we can cooperate with Him to see those matters resolved.
It takes bumps and scrapes on the journey to learn things, but as long as we’re learning and still on the journey, those bumps and scrapes need not be painful scars, but purposeful points of contact. Points of contact that don’t just help us on the journey but those who follow.
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For His Name’s Sake
Shalom
C. L. J. Dryden
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