Title Leading Moses/Exodus 3:1-10
Content Guide Moses / Exodus 3:1~10, Luke 5:1~11
The Bible testifies that Moses lived to be 120 years old, but his eyes were not clouded and he was strong. The story about him appears from Exodus 2 to the last chapter of Deuteronomy, so it can be said that he is the person with the most extensive content. Therefore, the events and God's guidance in his life are vast. But we can simplify this quite a bit. This is because we can usually understand Moses' life in three parts. In general, his life spans 40 years of being raised and educated as the son of an Egyptian princess from birth, 40 years of living with Jethro in the Wilderness of Midian, where he became a fugitive and a shepherd with blood and courage, and 40 years of living as a leader of Israel when he was called by God. separated by . Let's take a look at what God's guidance was in Moses' life.
1. This is God's guidance in the first 40 years of life.
This was a very gloomy and cruel time, and it was an unfortunate time when the men of the Israelites who were born in Egypt had to be put to death. Nevertheless, God saves Moses, who was abandoned in the Nile, through Egypt and Pharaoh's daughter. Even in this harsh ordeal, he takes his mother as a nanny and guides him to receive religious education, and through Egypt's education, he receives training with the most advanced education needed at the time. However, under God's guidance, Moses makes a mistake and becomes a man fleeing the Midian wilderness, entering the second period of his life.
2. It is the guidance of God that was revealed in the 40 years of life in the wilderness of Midian.
Moses could not stand the persecution of his people by the Egyptians, so he made the mistake of killing the Egyptians and burying them in the dark. So you become a fugitive. But even here, under the guidance of God, he meets Jethro, a godly man, and marries Zipporah, starts a family and becomes a shepherd. It can be said that it is a dark time when we become really weak, settle in with reality, and lose our spirit as a man of God. On the other hand, it is a very precious time of spiritual growth, when we learn to ponder, be patient, wait, and obey God's guidance.
It can also be called God's great guidance, but the truly amazing guidance was God's leading to the mountain Horeb. The guidance of receiving a vocation in front of the fire of God that is burning on that mountain but does not burn can be said to be the greatest guidance of God in Moses' life. Although his life was just an ordinary shepherd, he chose Moses the shepherd, who waited patiently and humbly rather than the prince of Egypt who was splendid, noisy, and had some power, and he called him and gave him the mission to go to my people. It is the guidance of God's grace. can.
3. It is God's guidance in the last 40 years of life.
From a human point of view, it is close to twilight, but Moses begins to work between God and man according to God's guidance in earnest.
He was led to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, the most feared ruler of the world at the time, and through many miracles including the ten plagues, he finally becomes the leader to save the nation of Israel after 430 years. Afterwards, I heard about the ‘miracle at the Red Sea’, the bitter waters of Marah, the water incidents of Meribah, the congress at Kadesh-barnea, the war with Amalek, the rebellion of Korah and Dathan, and even the complaints of the brothers Aaron and Miriam. However, the most important content and symbol of God's guidance are the commandments and the tabernacle.
Through the commandments, God guides us by speaking concretely how we should live our relationship with God and our relationship with our neighbors. And through the tabernacle, He teaches us to lead through walking with God. In other words, it teaches how sinful humans can be led to God and how saved sinners can live while walking with God. This is the sure guidance and ultimate guidance that teaches the way of salvation to ignorant humans.
But here's one question. Even though God's guidance was so great for Moses, he could not enter Canaan, the destination he had dreamed of, and looked at it from afar. We must be able to properly face our existence in the presence of God's leading here. What are we really before God? What can you present? Does one anger of Moses' disobedience become such a great sin that one mistake could not enter Canaan?
Let's think for a moment here. After eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, can Adam and Eve protest, saying, “God, I ate one fruit, should I be kicked out of Eden?” So, we must examine ourselves with a heart of reverence for God before God's guidance, His promises and blessings.
I really need God's guidance even more because I am like dust, a being that disappears, and a being that is like a watch in the night. It is that we cannot have the slightest amount of doubt, disobedience, anger, or protest to God's guidance. And we must make clear our trust in the belief that God's guidance through our weaknesses, faults, and shortcomings is more clearly drawn, rather than our big or small, or our strength or weakness.
In fact, what we can feel and be sure now is uncertainty. We do not know what winds and waves will bring, or where the typhoon will change its course. Moreover, I may be forced to distrust and turn away from God because of my own despair, defeat, or weakness. Many of God's people did this even after they were led by God. Moses himself wished he had died, and Elijah also prayed for death under the rosemary tree.
This is the image of humans living in this era as if they are floating on a wave of icy sea. Israel trembling in front of the Red Sea. It is the appearance of resentment and rebellion even after receiving grace. Therefore, we need to see more and more of God's guidance. Moses never forgot the goal of ‘Canaan’ until the very end. And I was led and left to the guidance of God.
He also lived a life of responsibility for his people and his path to the end. Because there was God's guidance. Today, “Moses, Moses, take off your sandals before you, for the land I am standing on is holy ground.” Give yourself up to the guidance of God who calls you to win.