Moses Flees Egypt — Andrew Forrest

Exodus 2:13-15

13 When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, “Why do you strike your companion?” 14 He answered, “Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid, and thought, “Surely the thing is known.” 15 When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by a well.

Some more questions:
• How did the Hebrews know what happened the previous day? Did the
Hebrew man Moses saved spread the word about the murder, or did
someone else see it?
• Why do they specifically call him “prince and judge”? Are they resenting
his Egyptian upbringing?
• Why does Pharaoh want to kill Moses? Does he see Moses as a threat to
his rule?

Once again, we see that the events of Moses’s life will prove formative. His way of trying to rescue the people isn’t working. There is a problem that must be solved and a people to be rescued, and though Moses has the heart for the task, he isn’t yet prepared for it. His flight to Midian turns out to be exactly what God needs.

Our lives may often seem to be following a winding road, but what the story of Moses shows us is that God is at work in the detours, using them to shape us into whom he needs us to be.

What if all that has happened to you has shaped you into the kind of person the Lord needs you to be?