HE WILL GO BEFORE YOU.

Moses received a great commission from God after being in the wilderness for forty years. I believe that after such a long period of time Moses must have forgotten about going back to Egypt.  Having grown up in the palace, he had the knowledge of the king’s affairs.

He grew up in the palace but knew his true identity as a Hebrew. One day while in the field he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew man for forced labor and because of this, Moses killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand. When he discovered that the King knew what he had done and wanted to kill him, he fled for his life and settled in Median.

It was then that God revealed himself to him. While taking care of Jethro’s flock Moses saw a burning bush and the Lord revealed to him his great commission of delivering the Israelite's out the land of Egypt. But Moses doubted his calling. He gave God excuses of how he was not a great man to go before Pharaoh. God assured him that He would be with him. He asked God, ‘Whom should I tell the Israelite's sent me?’ Then God replied “I Am Who I Am.” Tell them ‘I Am sent you.’- The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

But Moses told God he stammered; he wasn’t eloquent in speech. Again God sent him Aaron his brother to speak for him in front of Pharaoh. This shows that God had already gone before him. He had spoken to Aaron his brother to meet up with Moses and planned how they would present themselves to Pharaoh. Aaron was to act as Moses mouthpiece to the people. God told Moses that he would be as God to Aaron telling him what to say to King Pharaoh as the Lord guided him.

His first instruction was to gather the elders of Israel and to tell them that the Lord cared about them and had seen their sufferings and promised to take them out of their troubles in Egypt and lead them to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites a fertile land flowing with milk and honey.

God assured Moses that the elders would listen to him and that they would accompany him to the King of Egypt. God had already gone before Moses and prepared the hearts of the elders of Israel to be of great assistance to this great commission.

When God commissions you to do something, do be afraid, just trust him! He already has put in place along your path people to favor you and to be of great assistance to your calling. As He did for Moses. He also used Moses staff to perform great miracles in the presence of Pharaoh so that he would recognize His mighty power and authority. Remember the Red sea? Yea, God will manifest his great wonders to his chosen whenever the need arises. His got your back!!