Exodus 4 – Learning to handle snakes

Ohhh ohhh; I love noticing things I never noticed before. Like this one…

“The Lord said to him, ‘What is that in your hand?’ and [Moses] said, ‘A staff.’ Then [the Lord] said, ‘Throw it on the ground.’ So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it.”

Did you catch that last part? God did a miracle “and Moses fled from it.” Given, it would be scary to throw your staff on the ground and have it become a potentially deadly reptile; but still, he’s talking to God, he should expect some weird stuff to happen.

How many times in our lives has God called us to do something, we protest, God provides a way to accomplish the task, and we run away like scared little children. I’ve done it; anyone else?

Instead of running away we need to learn to grasp the snake by its tail (as it were). We need to trust that God will enable us to accomplish God’s will.

And just because the chorus is running through my head (and with special thanks to Don Moen)…

God will make a way,
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way, He will make a way.

By a roadway in the wilderness, He’ll lead me
And rivers in the desert will I see
Heaven and earth will fade
But His Word will still remain
He will do something new today.

God will make a way,
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way, He will make a way

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