Chapter 3 is the beginning of Moses' conversation with God at the burning bush. What first struck me was that what God is calling Moses to do is exactly what Moses has a heart for. Not only what he has a heart for, but in an area that Moses had previously tried to intervene and had failed. God speaks to the suffering of the slaves in Egypt and states that he has come to rescue them. Remember, Moses had to run away from home because he was trying to rescue a slave. This ended in him murdering a guard and enduring the wrath of the very people he was trying to rescue for doing it. So God speaks to the heart of what Moses wants to do, but also to what has caused him pain and rejection. I think this is cool, because not only does it affirm Moses' purpose in life, but it brings restoration. Restoration to him, his family, his people.
The next thing I noticed is how much God does not tell Moses. Okay, I say that's the next thing that I noticed, because it's what I saw, really. I read the passage and was like, "Oh, nice. So you promise him a victory and make it look like he's just going just waltz in there and come out the hero. You don't tell him that the magicians are going to make him look fool and everything he's going to have to go through." But as I read it again I realized that God did tell him that the king wouldn't let them go unless he is forced to. That there will be many miracles to strike down the Egyptians, which means it will take more than just one. My first impression, that God make it look easy, was just how I heard it and/or chose to interpret it the first time around. That made me wonder, do I hear just want I want to when God speaks and then get hurt or angry when he doesn't come through the way I think he should?
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