FREE ESSAY ON "MOSES: A WILLING SERVANT, OR IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME?"

"MOSES: A WILLING SERVANT, OR IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME?"

Moses seems as though in the beginning of his service to God that he was just in the wrong
place at the wrong time. It seems as though he really doesn't want the job as The Lord's
messenger. He tries to get out of it any way he can think of. He just doesn't want the
responsibility, but as time passes he seems to change his tune and follows God's every
word.
When God calls Moses from the burning bush, it seems as though Moses is just an innocent
onlooker, curious to see what is going on. "An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
blazing fire out of a bush. He gazed and there was a bush all aflame, yet the bush was
not consumed. Moses said, 'I must turn aside to look at this marvelous sight; why doesn't
the bush burn up?' When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him
from the bush." (Exodus 3.2) He just happens to be passing by the bush and notices it
burning. It intrigues him and he turns to look. The Lord may have thought that he saw it
as something divine but in fact he did not know that God was there. God had to call to
him to get his further attention. "God called to him out of the bush: "Moses! Moses!"
(Exodus 3.4) Moses did not reply, "Here I am Lord" he just said, "Here I am". God then
goes on to explain who he is. "I am, the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." So it makes it implying that Moses does not, in fact
know who God is or what is calling to him from the bush.
God then tells Moses that he intends to have Moses be his servant. Which Moses doesn't
seem to be to happy about this. "I will send you to Pharaoh, and you shall free My
people, the Israelites, from Egypt." But Moses replies, "Who am I that I should go to
Pharaoh and free the Israelites from Egypt?" (Exodus 3.10) Clearly Moses doesn't want
this job. He tries and tries to get out of it. He feels he is not qualified and that
possibly God is mistaken by choosing him to do his bidding. "Please O Lord, I have never
been a man of words, either in times past or now that You have spoken to Your servant; I
am slow of speech and slow of tongue. Please O Lord, make someone else Your agent."
(Exodus 4.10) He begs and pleads with the Lord to make someone else the person to go to
Pharaoh, but it is to no avail. God just provides Moses with an assistant, which
reassures him. "There is your brother Aaron the Levite. He, I know, speaks readily. Even
now he is setting out to meet you and will be happy to see you. You shall speak to him
and put the words in his mouth-I will be with you and with him as you speak, and tell
both of you what to do-and he shall speak for you to the people. Thus he shall serve as
your spokesman." (Exodus 4.14) "Moses told Aaron about all the things that the Lord had
committed to him and all the signs about which He had instructed him. Then Moses and
Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites. Aaron repeated all the words
that the Lord had spoken to Moses, and he performed the signs in the sight of the people,
and the people were convinced." (Exodus 4.28)
Once God starts giving Moses orders he seems to just follow along, maybe as keep peace
with this God. When God says Jump Moses asks how high. When God told Moses to go assemble
the elders of the Israelites he takes his "brother" and does exactly what the Lord says.
God has many things in store of Moses, including climbing up a mountain several times,
carrying stone tablets down from the mountain. Making a tent and a place of worship that
is up to God's standards. With an alter of acacia wood covered in gold, tunics of blue,
purple and crimson made with the finest linen. God expected a lot of Moses and he did not
let God down. He did exactly as the Lord said. Moses has turned into a perfect servant of
this God and would do anything to make him happy. Weather Moses had originally wanted to
be the one to do God's bidding he is happy to do it now, you hear no further complaints
from him. Moses is the definite willing servant