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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Saturday, May 30, 2026
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Moses’ Staff Bible Verse: Exodus 4:10-17 "But Moses said to the Lord, “Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue.” Then the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.” But he said, “Oh, my Lord, please send someone else.” Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said, “Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth, and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you both what to do. He shall speak for you to the people, and he shall be your mouth, and you shall be as God to him. And take in your hand this staff, with which you shall do the signs.”" Message:
Moses is such an odd figure, and we see here an exchange that will characterize his thorny relationship with God until his death. He is always depicted as a great towering figure of power, spreading his arms to part the Red Sea or displaying the Ten Commandments dramatically. In truth, though, he is shy and embarrassed; he is reluctant to lead. Although physically vigorous, he is not eloquent or even articulate. Nor does he have any great “will to power”.
Moses staff
When he pleads his oratorical deficiency, God replies with a tone of impatience. As with Abraham, God takes on the characteristics of human emotion in the story. He scolds Moses, basically telling him, “if I want you to speak well, you will speak well. Who do you think you’re dealing with?”
Yet Moses remains reluctant. So God appoints his brother, Aaron, to be his “mouth” — his press secretary, as it were. But Moses is to be elevated beyond a mere prophet and will be “as God” to Aaron. Aaron will speak the will of God to the people, but Moses will carry the staff of authority, the staff of the shepherd; again, a symbol that will continue in Hebrew religious symbolism until the coming of the ultimate shepherd, Jesus.
God’s “anger” with Moses does not indicate that God has become emotional, but rather, it is a term to show that Moses has committed an offense against Him. Moses’ faith is very imperfect. I can think of a few people, off the top of my head, who are exemplars of perfect or near-perfect faith: Christ of course, Noah, Enoch, Abraham. And we see Abraham and Christ's faith tied together in Galatians. Corresponding to his lesser faith, Moses is not given supernatural power in his person, such as Christ had; when he exercises God’s power over nature, it will be through a staff.
So, as great a prophet and leader as Moses will become, he has a number of human foibles. We must think that he, like us, will ultimately be forgiven in Christ. But like us, also, he will pay for his sin during his life; he ultimately will not be allowed to set foot into the Promised Land.
Meditation : Prayer : God and Father of all, whom the whole heavens adore: Let the whole earth also worship you, all nations obey you, all tongues confess and bless you, and men and women everywhere love you and serve you in peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord, I pray, Amen. |
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