Here’s another Facebook Memory snapshot from a year ago today! My mom liked it- so it must be decent!

From Charlton Heston

to Christian Bale

portraying Moses to my own “stage” attempt as a frog from the plague of frogs hoppity-dancing in the church play back in maybe second grade- I have loved the story of Moses and the Great Exodus!

An intersting part of the story is that Moses did not feel “worthy” to speak to Pharoah himself-even though he was raised in as a member of Pharoah’ family and was educated in the palace as Pharoah was- so God used his brother Aaron to be the spokesman (Moses heard from God and Aaron became the prophet). God talked to Moses through a burning bush…but Moses did not feel qualified to speak or be a leader that people would either follow or listen to.

How many times have I identified with that? I find myself asking “are You SURE, Lord? Who am I that anyone would listen???”

It was after five times standing before Pharoah that we suddenly see Moses gaining confidence- this was now the fourth plague, where even Pharoah’s magicians were recognizing the hand of God in these  so-called “natural disasters” and sensing that Aaron and Moses had obvious Divine authority to call forth such feats!

By the fifth plague, it appears Moses is finally doing all the talking and being the one to physically display God’s power- no longer is Aaron throwing or lifting the staff to bring about another plague.

God continues to pair Moses and Aaron:  to support of each other. He does not remove Aaron from Moses’ side or toss Aaron aside because the REAL leader has stepped forward!  Later,   we are told that Aaron and his descendents are  chosen as the Levite priests to care for the Ark and the Temple- definately a role with honor!

But, prior to the Israelites leaving Egypt, Moses has clearly FINALLY stepped forward to accept his given role and position of leadership. It took some time, but Moses was ready.

That’s where the real fun of the story kicks up and God really started to make His presence and power known!

Watching/reading about God’s patience within the transition of these roles  between Aaron and Moses is encouraging to me when I feel ill-equipped to do or act or speak out.

It is but one facet of detail within this multi-layered story but it is the one feature standing out to me today. I hope it just doesn’t take five plagues or more before I develop secure footing in who God has called me to be!