Exodus 2:11-15

Exodus 2:11-15 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian ... When Moses was all grown up, he was out observing what was going on in Egypt. He saw how that the Egyptians were crushing his people, the Children of Israel. Moses knew that he was an adopted Egyptian, but his heart was with his people, the poor Hebrew slaves. Moses decided to do things his own way. He disobeyed the laws of Egypt and disobeyed the laws of God when he killed the Egyptian taskmaster. He wanted to deliver his own people from the brutal Egyptians. but he went about it the wrong way. When word got back to Pharaoh that Moses had killed an Egyptian, he had to flee for his life. He ran all the way into the wilderness of Midian where Pharaoh would never find him. Moses had been taught about God by his mother and he had been educated by Pharaoh, but now he needed to be educated by God. God was going to teach him patience and faith. And Moses had a lot to learn. Do you need to learn patience? Do you need to learn to trust God? These can only be learned by going through difficult times. You may not want to go through hard times, but God will teach you through them. Don’t give up! Just like Moses, God may be preparing you for something really, really big!