Perhaps there are things in one's heart that stir inside. These may indicate areas where God wants one to be used. God uses a variety of means such as hereditary traits, environmental influences and personal experiences to develop and prepare his children. After being saved by the Pharaoh's daughter, Moses grew up to become an Egyptian prince. He observed the horrible way in which the Egyptians treated the Hebrews. In revenge of God's people, he murdered an Egyptian and ran off to Midian to hide (Ex. 2:11-22). He loved God and he grew up with the love inside him, so he knew that God's people in slavery were wrong. It took many years after this incident for Moses to be ready to serve God. He trusted God to deliver him, no matter how dark his past or bleak his future. The Israelites were groaning beneath their burdens because of their slavery and wept bitterly before the Lord. God had promised to bring the Hebrews slaves out of Egypt (Gen. 46:3-4). Israelites had waited along time for that promise to be fulfilled, but God rescued them when he knew the right time had come. God was preparing Moses for leadership. In learning about ways of the people he would be leading and about life in the wilderness. Moses could not see this for himself, but God was getting him ready to free Israel from bondage. He did this by an unexpected force, a burning bush. God told him to free the people out of the land into the promise land and to destroy Egypt. Although he felt inadequate for the job, God assured Moses that he would not be alone (Ex. 3). He offered other resources to help Moses: God himself, Aaron and the special gifts to do miracles. The Lord proved his power to Moses by turning a rod into a serpent (Ex. 4). Moses was confident enough in God and was ready to do God's will. It must have been hard when Pharaoh and his own people did not believe him. Eventually the Hebrews were sure that God had sent him, but for a time he must have felt alone. Moses did obey and God did intervene with his mighty power to deliver the people. Only those with persistent faith can obey when the task seems impossible. God lifted Moses' faith for the Lord had bigger plans for him to achieve.

After thirty-seven years in the wilderness, the Israelites forgot that their wandering was a result of their own sin. The generation of those who had lived in Egypt had almost died off and the new generation would be ready to enter the Promised Land. In Kadesh, there was not enough water for the people and they complained bitterly and blamed it on Moses, which made him angry. The Lord had told Moses to speak to the rock and it would pour out water. Moses struck it, not once, but twice and for this he was forbidden to enter the Promise Land (Num. 20:7-13). Moses was the leader and model for the entire nation. Because of this great responsibility to the people, he could not be let off lightly. By striking the rock, Moses disobeyed Go

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