Moses had all that he needed.  

He had power, and influence, and authority.

He had wealth.

He was well liked by the palace … AND the slaves.

And his life was one that we might all dream of.

And yet … 

Something was off.

This is an easy situation.  For as many times as we see someone snap because of a preponderance of terrible circumstances, the other option can be worse.

Sometimes, good circumstances can put us in a state of the status quo … the idea that “what we have is good enough”.

But what happens when what we have … is not good enough?

Exodus 2  11 … after Moses had grown up, he went out to where his own people were and watched them at their hard labor. He saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his own people.  12 Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.13 The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you hitting your fellow Hebrew?”  14 The man said, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “What I did must have become known.”

In one action, Moses loses EVERYTHING.  

He loses his power and influence, his wealth, and his favor.  In defending the slaves, he loses favor with them.  And it isn’t long after this that Moses treks the desert and starts over.  The cold and hard reality of our lives is simple.  We are full of sin and never to credit for our good fortune.  We simply don’t have it in us to succeed in our own morality.

Our reality is this.

  • Circumstances do not make our day … they simply reveal what is in our hearts … and sometimes it is not good.
  • Sometimes having everything … Is NOT Enough.  And this is because the EVERYTHING that we need is not what we need at all.
  • The TRUTH is the only thing that matters, and sometimes we live our lives defending something that is legally okay but hideous to God.  “It only matters what we can prove” only lives in a court room … To God, the TRUTH is everything.

In the case of Moses, starting over was exactly what he needed.

And in the end … A palace, a position, a wealth of power, and the favor of all men were not at all what Moses needed.

To free the slaves, He would need a stick.

Because … A stick in the hands of God is better … than everything we need.

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

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