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God chooses us based on our hearts, not our abilities
Exodus 2:11-4:31
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-So if you have your bibles I invite you to open with me to Exodus Chapter 2
-we’re going to be starting in verse 11
-Last week we went over how no matter odds
-God always wins
-and in the first couple of chapters we see how God works through ordinary people to do extraordinary things
-specifically, God goes through great lengths to save the life of one specific boy Moses.
-And don’t miss the fact that this one Hebrew boy is critical piece in God’s grand story to restore the world
-because without a moses there would be no Israel
-and without an Israel there would be no Jesus
-and without a Jesus there is no hope
-And so God saves the life one one child as a part of his grand plan to free the people of Israel
-and here in Exodus chapter 2 we see what becomes of that child after he grows up.
-So we read in verse 11
Exodus 2:11-15
-So midian, if you’re not aware is in modern day Saudi Arabia
-so just for perspective that’s around 300 miles through the desert
-it would have taken him at a bare minimum 15 days non stop to get there
-And so we have this picture of Moses, who God went to great lengths to save
-and the first thing we read about him is the fact that he kills a man
-and then spends over 2 weeks traveling in the desert as fugitive
and as I was reading through Exodus And reading all of the things that Moses said and did
-I couldn’t help but wonder why did God choose him, specifically
-because by any measure, Moses was not a good leader
-setting aside the fact that he flat out murders a dude and buries him in the sand
-when he goes to try and talk to his fellow Hebrews, and tries to get them to get along with each other
-nobody respects what he has to say
-And then instead of staying there and resolving the situation he gets scared and runs 300 miles away
-and as we read on we keep getting more and more of the same
-he’s a terrible leader, he can’t get the Israelite to listen,
-he’s not effective
-and as we’re about to read here in a minute, he spends almost two full chapters arguing with God. to the point that God gets fed up and finally says fine I’ll have Aaron do all of the talking, you just hold the stick
-But what I want you to notice before we read on is Moses’ heart
-Moses is not a type-A personality
-you know those people who are task oriented and everything revolves around getting stuff done
-they’re usually very concise in their speech
-they’re task oriented, they know how to get stuff done
-those people usually make good “managers”
-in fact I usually fall on that end of the spectrum, I like to just buckle down and get stuff done
-Moses on the other hand is a very emotional person
-when he sees a slaver driver beating one of his fellow Hebrews he doesn’t always think clearly, but his heart is there and he acts
-when he sees his brothers fighting, he doesn’t always think about what’s the most effective way to break up the fight
-he just jumps in the middle of it because he has a heart for his fellow people.
-God doesn’t always need someone who’s going to be an effective manager
-because an effective manager in that situation would have probably would have thought that situation through a little bit
-if there’s 7 women at the well…how many shepherds would it take to drive away 7 women?
-I mean the bible doesn’t tell us, right, but if you’re picturing it in your head it’s at least more than one
-I don’t know probably at the very least, 5, maybe 6 full grown men
-maybe more
-and moses just jumps up in the middle of it?
-he could have gotten killed
-but that’s the kind of heart he had
-and I think that’s the reason God wanted Moses
-because he wasn’t after his skills
-he was after his heart
I want to direct your attention to a couple of places in the new testament where Jesus is talking to his disciples
-and Jesus is giving them instructions about what kinds of disciples they need to be.
-so i want to take a look at the end of Matthew chapter 9, and the beginning of Matthew chapter 10
Matthew 9:35-10:20
-The reason I’m including this is because this comes directly before Jesus calls his disciples to send them out into the world
-in a sense, this is the reason Jesus decides to send out his disciples
-because he looks around and he sees that the people are harrassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd
-and in chapter 10 he calls his disciples and he says this to them
-See jesus didn’t have a problem with the Gentiles or the samaratins
-that’s not why he told them not to go to them
-he saw that the nation of isreal was more lost than the gentiles were
-and so he called an all hands on deck meeting with his disciples
-and said look, our people are lost
-they need help
-and then a few verses down he gives them this warning
And right here we get the key picture of what God’s followers should look like
-it starts with the heart
-and Jesus’ warning he tells them
-look you’re going to need to be street smart too, that’s still important
-but it starts with the heart
-What we see in Jesus and what we see with God’s interaction with Moses
-is that God starts with people who are as innocent as doves, and then he teaches them to be as wise as serpents
-I want you to remember that very last part, we’re going to come back to that
Back in Exodus want to ppick up in chapter 3. Moses ends up marrying one of those women that he rescued, he’s started a family.
And in chapter 3 we read
Exodus 3:1-4
-So a couple of quick things to point out here
-In verse 2 it says an angel of the lord appeared within the bush
-but then in verse 4 it says that the lord himself called to him from the bush
-so which is it?
is it God, or is it an angel of God?
-The word “angel” literally means “messenger”
-in fact when we read the prophets that’s the same word used to describe them…messenger
-and in english we have a different word for “heavenly” messengers and “earthly” messengers
-in greek and hebrew there’s just one word, and the only way you can tell is if it says “messenger of the Lord”
-so the next question we have to ask is well is this God Himself, or just his messenger
-well I pose a question to you
-If you could get in a time machine and go back and talk to moses,
-and you said to him the words “father, son, and holy spirit
-would moses have understood what you meant?
-of course not
-he would have said to you “what do you mean father, son, and holy spirit?”
-because Jesus hadn’t been born yet
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