Moses and the call of God
- Exodus 4:2-4, 17 There is a rod in Moses’s hand
- Exodus 4:20 Moses’s rod is also the rod of God
- Exodus 7:9-13 The rod becomes a serpent
- Exodus 7:14-20 The rod and rivers to blood
- Exodus 8:5-6 The rod and frogs
- Exodus 8:16-17 The rod and lice
- Exodus 9:22-23 The rod and hail
- Exodus 10:12-13 The rod and locusts
- Exodus 10:21-22 The rod and darkness
Moses and the journey into the wilderness
- Exodus 14:15-28 The rod, Moses, the Israelites, and the Red Sea
- Exodus 17:5-6 The rod, Moses, and the water from the rock in Horeb
- Exodus 17:8-13 The rod, Moses, Joshua, Aaron, Hur, and the Amalekites
- Numbers 20:7-11 The rod, Moses, and the water from the rock, the second time
God divides the Israelites from the Egyptians. The God who brings them out will bring them through (Hebrews 7:25). God quenches the thirst of his people, both physically and spiritually (John 7:37). The rod of God and Moses demonstrates the work of unity. We are laborers together with God (1 Corinthians 3:9). We can and do misuse what God has given us. With greater light comes great responsibility (Luke 12:48).
In Moses’s hand, God used a dry stick. The rod was not a magic wand, but a demonstration of the power of God. God also answered prayer, instead of Moses using the stick. Compare Exodus 10:18-19, for example, where God answered Moses’s earnest prayer with a miracle. Put what we have in our hand in the hand of God. Shamgar had an ox goad (Judges 3:31). Ehud had a dagger in his left hand (Judges 3:15). Gideon and his army had only trumpets and lamps (Judges 7:19). Dorcas had a needle and thread (Acts 9:39). Ezekiel prophesied to dry bones and they lived (Ezekiel 37:1-14)
Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 4:6
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