Exodus 2:15 When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.
God had to take Moses into the desert of Midian for several reasons. First, to save him from Pharaoh’s wrath. Second, to drain Moses of his self-sufficiency and teach him dependency upon the sufficiency of God. How many of us need to learn that truth? Third, God wanted to prepare Moses in obscurity with the meekness and fortitude to bear future publicity. (We must go down in humility and obscurity and anonymity before we can rise and be able to survive the assault of popularity and paparazzi.) Fourth, Moses needed some time to think deeply as he sat down by that well (in daily meditation and prayer). Finally, Moses needed to wait for the death of his enemies so that he could return to Egypt in divine timing to begin his work as Israel’s deliverer. What remarkable work God does in our hearts when he takes us “offline.” That time is never wasted. Where are you in your training program with God?
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