Friday, 28 August 2009 01:00  |  Written by Steve Hall [a] and posted in Egypt's Prince

When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.” Exodus 2:10

The very man that ordered Moses and all the newborn Israelite boys to be drowned in the River Nile affectively became Moses’ granddad. It's all too easy to forget that Moses is raised as one of Egypt's privileged Princes as you read the Exodus story.

Imagine what benefits Moses would have received as adopted royalty within one of the most powerful empires to ever exist.

Monday, 31 August 2009 01:00  |  Written by Steve Hall [a] and posted in Egypt's Prince

One day, 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. Glancing this way and that and seeing no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. Exodus 2:11-12

One of the qualities all good leaders should have is compassion for people. Moses demonstrates time and again throughout his life that he has this gift. Yet here his compassion for his fellow Hebrew causes him to turn to violence. What he should have done is go speak to his grandfather the Pharaoah and tell him to, "Let my people go."

How do you (want to) react when faced with injustice?

Tuesday, 01 September 2009 15:00  |  Written by Steve Hall [a] and posted in Egypt's Prince

Moses agreed to stay with the man, who gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. Zipporah gave birth to a son, and Moses named him Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.” ... Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro is father-in-law... Exodus 2:22 & 3:1

His own room in a palace, a huge bed, designer clothes, luxury food to eat, servants to wait upon him and a 50 inch Plasma flatscreen TV.

Ok, ok, so Moses didn’t have a TV, but I bet he had everything else. His story is one of riches to rags, Prince to shepherd, palace to desert.

Yet it’s in the deserts of our lives that God often meets with us.

Wednesday, 02 September 2009 09:35  |  Written by Steve Hall [a] and posted in Egypt's Prince

Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight — why the bush does not burn up.” When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” Exodus 3:2-4

Many times during his 40 years as a shepherd Moses would have walked by a burning bush and thought nothing of it. This time though, something strange catches his eye…

And he ignored it – or that would be how some of our life stories would sadly read. Too independent, too afraid or uncomfortable, or simply too busy...

When you catch a sense of God’s presence choose to turn aside like Moses did, for God's waiting to call out to you.

Thursday, 03 September 2009 15:00  |  Written by Steve Hall [a] and posted in Egypt's Prince

Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’ ” Exodus 5:1

I wonder what relation Pharaoh was to Moses… Exodus 2:23 says the previous Pharaoh had died, so was it his step-dad or even his step-brother that was now Pharaoh? Whichever it was, Moses would have known him. Now, 40 years after he ran for his life into the desert, Moses returns to the Egyptian palace he grew up in with a message for this Pharaoh from God.

Imagine what Moses may have felt as he walked up those palace steps.

Wednesday, 18 November 2009 15:00  |  Written by Steve Hall [a] and posted in Egypt's Prince

The Lord said to Moses, “Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go...” But Moses [replied], “If the Israelites will not listen to me, why would Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with faltering lips?” Exodus 6:10-12

Things aren’t going right and Moses is like, “Is it because of my stammer?”

God calls us to rise above our feelings of inadequacy and our fear of man and simply walk in obedience to His voice. When we do this it unlocks the power of God to move in our lives. Why? Because it demonstrates our trust in God and He loves it when we trust Him!!