LIFE SCRIPTS

One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people. Looking this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?” The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.” When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.
Exodus 2:11‭-‬15 NIV
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Moses’s life story was one not short of intrigue and drama. But something eye-catching about him was he was a man filled with empathy. Scripture says that he went down to where the Israelites were to see how they were faring in the midst of hard labor. Moses though raised in privilege was not oblivious of his heritage. He knew that he was Hebrew. So he identified more with the Hebrew people than with the Egyptians he had lived with while growing up. Though he lived among them, he knew where he ultimately belonged. Scripture tells us that we are in the world but not of the world. We might enjoy the benefits of being in it but ultimately our allegiance is to God and His people. Just like Moses, Christ left His royal throne in heaven to come down to identify and deliver His people from the oppression of sin. But during this entire episode, Moses was being watched. Eyes were fixed on him albeit secretly. So when he killed the Egyptian slave driver for harassing a Hebrew, someone saw him. The next time he wanted to arbitrate a dispute between two Jews, he knew that what he had done was known. So he fled since pharaoh wanted to kill him and went into the land of Midian. His sojourn begun in a dramatic way. Moses, the man who was a prince raised in royalty was now considered a murderer. But God would take him and his rough edges and transform him to His glory. The desert experience was no coincidence but an opportunity for God to mould him. Just as Moses, we live our lives sometimes the best way we know how. However, God is calling on us to be separated from others so that He can prepare us to be His instruments. Separation for the sake of God can be painful. It costs. But God wants us set apart for His glory. He desires to mould and change us for His own purposes.