So Moses stuffs up, kills the Egyptian
and flees to the desert. He winds up herding sheep for a living. I
can imagine the “conversations with self”. Egyptian Royalty and
look at me....looking after sheep, what a sorry sight I am.
I certainly don't agree with the
killing of the Egyptian (not cool) but somehow I think God was
waiting for Moses to show some passion for his own people, something
to indicate that he was ready for the next level of training.
You've got to be kidding me, I can hear
you say, herding sheep was a promotion and part of his training? No,
it was a demotion, one that would teach him humility but more
importantly how to care for something or someone other than yourself.
So where does the herding fit into
God's training schedule? You guessed it! It took great skill for
Moses to lead a couple of million Jews out of Egypt towards their
promised land. I think you can put your bottom dollar on it,
sometime while wondering round the desert with millions of Jews in
tow, Moses must have smiled to God and said, “Okay, now I get it”.
The circumstances we face in life may
not be great, but somehow, somewhere God is working in us to produce
the fruit of great leadership. To steal a line from the “Spiderman”
movie, “With great power comes great responsibility.” Let's
learn to treasure the desert times in our lives, because it is all
part of God's training for reigning.
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