Exodus 6:28 - 7:1 (ESV)
On the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, the LORD said to Moses, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you.” But Moses said to the LORD, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?”
And the LORD said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.
When God gives us a task to do, He is working behind the scenes to make sure the task can be accomplished. That is the truth that Moses is learning in the story of the plagues on Egypt. God sent Moses to talk to Pharaoh about letting the nation of Israel go. Egypt had turned the Israelites into slave labor and God had heard their cry and sent Moses to delver them. But their deliverance was not going to be without first the destruction of all their gods. Each of the plagues was a plague against something that Pharaoh and the people of Egypt worshipped. God is not just releasing the nation of Israel from the Egyptian people, He is also releasing them from the influence of their gods. When Moses was worried that Pharaoh would reject Moses, he was right. But, not in the way Moses thought. Pharaoh did reject Moses (until the last plague and his son died). But, God would make Moses like a god to Pharaoh. God will cause those around us to fear us as we walk in and toward His purpose for us. Moses had no reason to fear. Yet, he did. Like you and me we fear what we don’t know or understand. God was delivering the people for slavery. God was delivering the people from the false gods of Egypt. But, God was also delivering Moses from his fears and excuses. When God calls those to serve for Him he grants the power and works behind the scene to make sure others see what God is doing in you.
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