subject: Becoming A Difference Maker And The Book Of Exodus [print this page] Ed Young Fellowship will discuss about MosesEd Young Fellowship will discuss about Moses. Moses was born into Hebrew slavery and he was not born at a very good time. In fact, the Hebrews were the slaves of the Egyptians and Pharaoh wanted to curb this Hebrew baby boom so he told the midwives, When you see a male child being born, take the male child and throw the male child into the crocodile-infested Nile River. So it was not a great time for Moses to be brought into the world. He was spared. He was hidden, and miraculously Moses, this son of Hebrew peasants, was adopted by Pharaohs own daughter. So overnight Moses moved from life as a peasant to life in the palace.
Designer robes, the best education, he was a leader. The Bible says he was such a handsome man, people would stop and look and say, Wow! What a hunk! He had it all. He was even a general of the Egyptian army and the guy was a Hebrew!
One day, hes forty years old and he looks at the situation and he thinks, I can deliver my people from Egypt. Even though I am supposed to be the next Pharaoh, I can start delivering them now from this slavery. He sees an Egyptian whipping one of his brethren, a fellow Hebrew. Moses looks to the left. He looks to the right and then he kills the Egyptian. He hides him in the sand and thinks no one will find out, but as the desert winds blow, the Egyptians toes begin to stick up from beneath the sand.
People find out that this future Pharaoh has killed an Egyptian and now this future Pharaoh becomes the ultimate fugitive. And what does Moses do? He does what most of us would dowhen hes being chased, he runs. He runs and he runs and he runs out to Midian. You know where Midian is? The Sinai Peninsula. The desert. The wasteland. And as I read about Moses, Im thinking, Oh, its over. Lights out. Thats the ballgame. Heres a guy that had it all.
