God could have blasted Moses for being so
loquacious and windy. He could have said to him, “Once is enough, Moses. Why
are you coming at it over and over again? Moses, what’s wrong with you? Don’t
you trust me?” But God did not. He patiently dealt with Moses and taught him
how to go about it. He was literally teaching him how to serve. What a patient
and gracious God! In so doing, He was virtually answering Moses’ question when
He told him, “See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall
be your prophet. You shall speak all that I command you and your brother Aaron
shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land.”
Effectively, God was telling Moses,
“You have my authority, just use it.” The exact words were, “See I have made you
as God to Pharaoh.” These words are significant because in their culture,
Pharaoh was considered a god incarnate and would have thought of himself
divine. Imagine what all these would mean. Moses was now placed over the Pharaoh
who considered himself to be a god. God was literally engaging Pharaoh in his
own game. He was in effect showing that Pharaoh wasn’t a god. Because Moses,
the shepherd who returned from Midian would be God to him. And this Moses truly
had the power of God. He could literally control nature, creatures and even
life and death because the one true God would be acting through him.
Moses, of course, was merely God’s
instrument. He was just a prophet of God, an ordinary man but would have extraordinary
capacity because God would be backing him to the hilt. He would be representing
God to the king. Isn’t it so gracious of God? Today, this is the way He will
also work through us, His people. We are His representatives when we trust Him
and do as He has instructed us. We too can become extra-ordinary vessels to
demonstrate His glory. We should always bear in mind that we are created
in God’s image and likeness. And the more Christlike we become, the greater
will be our capacity to represent Him to the world.
God sent Aaron to act as his brother’s
prophet so that Pharaoh would have no choice but to see and recognize Moses’
authority. He would be the one speaking on Moses’ behalf. The things he would
say would be as if they were the words of Moses. God knew that Pharaoh would
understand what all these would mean. Like Moses, we all should have nothing to
fear as we act on God’s behalf. Our words do have authority when they are
inspired by Him and spoken on His behalf. What we see in these seven verses
should give us the confidence to serve God boldly. Accept it or not, God has
the ultimate control over everything, even the human heart. What God does
always point to the fact that He is the Sovereign LORD and nothing is outside
of His control. And He still wants to work through us to claim lives for
Himself, no matter how hardened hearts may be. Notice the ages of Moses and Aaron?
What they indicated to us is that age should not be a barrier to serving God.
These two brothers were both in their eighties. So, if anyone of us think we are
too old to serve, just consider them. What these seven verses tell us is this:
we must not allow fear, personal inadequacy and much less our age to stop us
from serving God. We must give Him our youth, our adulthood and even our senior
years. We can be God’s willing vessels today. He wants to use us!
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