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he Reluctant Leader
Exodus 2:11- 12; 16-17
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an
Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsfolk.
12 He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he
killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. [...]
16 The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came
to draw water, and fi lled the troughs to water their father's fl ock.
17 But some shepherds came and drove
them away. Moses got up and came to their defense and watered their fl ock.
Exodus 3: 1-4, 10-14
Moses was keeping the fl ock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his fl ock beyond the
wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
fl ame of fi re out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed.
3 Then Moses
said, "I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up."
4 When the
Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he
said, "Here I am." [...]
10 So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of
Egypt."
11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of
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What do we learn about
Egypt?"
12 He said, "I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when
Moses in these passages?
you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain."
13 But Moses said to
God, "If I come to the Israelites and say to them, `The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' and they
ask me, `What is his name?' what shall I say to them?"
14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." He said
further, "Thus you shall say to the Israelites, `I AM has sent me to you.'"
Exodus 4:1-15
Then Moses answered, "But suppose they do not believe me or listen to me, but say, `The Lord did not
appear to you.'"
2 The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A staff."
3 And he said,
"Throw it on the ground." So he threw the staff on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses drew
back from it.
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Reach out your hand, and seize it by the tail" --so he
reached out his hand and grasped it, and it became a staff in his hand--
5 "so that they may believe that
What do we learn about God?
the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has
appeared to you."
6 Again, the Lord said to him, "Put your hand inside your cloak." He put his hand into
his cloak; and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
7 Then God said, "Put your
hand back into your cloak" --so he put his hand back into your cloak" --so he put his hand back into
his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored like the rest of his body--
8 "If they will not believe
you or heed the fi rst sign, they may believe the second sign.
9 If they will not believe even these two
signs or heed you, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water
that you shall take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground." [...]
10 But Moses said to the
Lord, "O my Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor even now that you have spoken to
your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."
11 Then the Lord said to him, "Who gives
speech to mortals? Who makes them mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
12 Now go,
and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to speak."
13 But he said, "O my Lord, please
send someone else."
14 Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said, "What of
your brother Aaron, the Levite? I know that he can speak fl uently; even now he is coming out to meet
you, and when he sees you his heart will be glad.
15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his
mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
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Reluctant Leader
Before God's Call
External Responses :
Internal Characteristics :
> Moses gets involved when he sees the
> Moses chooses to act against injustice.
Hebrew and the women being mistreated.
> Later in his leadership this allows him
> Both times he responded, he took a risk at cost to
to abandon himself to God even when it costs him the admiration of
himself. Moses responds out of principle, which prompts self sacrifi ce.
the people he is leading.
> Moses pays attention to the burning bush:
> Will this desert be where I spend the
God gets his attention.
rest of my life or is there something more? Moses turns aside and
makes himself available for God's call.
After God's Call
External Excuses :
Internal Feelings :
> Moses didn't think Pharoah would
> Moses said the task was impossible but
ever agree--it would cost him too much. God's call for him to go to
what he really meant is "I am incompetent for this task. I am not this
Pharoah seemed ridiculous: it could never work.
gifted."
> This paralyzed him from seeing God as author
> All Moses could feel was fear: fear of failure, fear
and in charge of the plan and ultimately led to his laundry list of
of letting God down, fear of letting the Hebrews down, fear of being
excusesself sacrifi ce.
crushed by Pharaoh. Fear produced the paralysis.
> There was a time when Moses might have
> Moses wants to claim, "I am not who you
styled himself a Hebrew liberator, but he knows his limitations too
think I am. I know better than you my limitations and inabilities. I
well now to consider himself one.
Moses doesn't see himself as
must have deceived you."
having the competencies or gifts required.
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Ministry to the Relectuant Leader
Moses' Choices/
God's Patient
Objections
Responses
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Called Moses to himself and sent him
Fled confl ict in Egypt
back to Egypt
Discussion Guide
What is the mission you
have been called to?
"Who am I?"
"I will be with you"
How have you wrestled
"Who are you?"
"I AM WHO I AM... I AM sent you"
with being like Moses?
How could you make
"Suppose they do not believe me"
You will demonstrate my power
space to hear God's voice
over your own internal
voice?
"I make mouths--I can make you
"I am not eloquent"
eloquent"
"Send someone else"
"I will give you a partner, Aaron"
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Reluctant Leader
Exodus 2:11- 12; 16-17
One day, after Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and saw their forced labor. He saw an
Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his kinsfolk.
12 He looked this way and that, and seeing no one he
killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. [...]
16 The priest of Midian had seven daughters. They came
to draw water, and fi lled the troughs to water their father's fl ock.
17 But some shepherds came and drove
them away. Moses got up and came to their defense and watered their fl ock.
Exodus 3: 1-4, 10-14
Moses was keeping the fl ock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his fl ock beyond the
wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
2 There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a
fl ame of fi re out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed.
3 Then Moses
said, "I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up."
4 When the
Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he
said, "Here I am." [...]
10 So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of
Egypt."
11 But Moses said to God, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of
@
What do we learn about
Egypt?"
12 He said, "I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when
Moses in these passages?
you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain."
13 But Moses said to
God, "If I come to the Israelites and say to them, `The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,' and they
Moses sees the Hebrew
ask me, `What is his name?' what shall I say to them?"
14 God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." He said
being mistreated and he
responds. Moses sees
further, "Thus you shall say to the Israelites, `I AM has sent me to you.'"
women being mistreated
Exodus 4:1-15
and he responds. He is
Then Moses answered, "But suppose they do not believe me or listen to me, but say, `The Lord did not
not afraid to take risks.
Moses pays attention he
appear to you.'"
2 The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A staff."
3 And he said,
sees a burning bush and
"Throw it on the ground." So he threw the staff on the ground, and it became a snake; and Moses drew
stops what he is doing.
back from it.
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Reach out your hand, and seize it by the tail" --so he
reached out his hand and grasped it, and it became a staff in his hand--
5 "so that they may believe that
What do we learn about God?
the Lord, the God of their ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has
(Why does God choose
appeared to you."
6 Again, the Lord said to him, "Put your hand inside your cloak." He put his hand into
Moses for this mission?
his cloak; and when he took it out, his hand was leprous, as white as snow.
7 Then God said, "Put your
What is behind Moses'
hand back into your cloak" --so he put his hand back into your cloak" --so he put his hand back into
objections?
his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored like the rest of his body--
8 "If they will not believe
What does God want
Moses to see?)
you or heed the fi rst sign, they may believe the second sign.
9 If they will not believe even these two
signs or heed you, you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water
God has prepared Moses
that you shall take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground." [...]
10 But Moses said to the
before He calls him to lead
Lord, "O my Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor even now that you have spoken to
the mission and Moses has
responded to that. When
your servant; but I am slow of speech and slow of tongue."
11 Then the Lord said to him, "Who gives
God calls Moses at the
speech to mortals? Who makes them mute or deaf, seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?
12 Now go,
burning bush, it unveils
and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you are to speak."
13 But he said, "O my Lord, please
all of Moses' insecurities.
send someone else."
14 Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said, "What of
His objections may be le-
gitimate in part, but there
your brother Aaron, the Levite? I know that he can speak fl uently; even now he is coming out to meet
is more to it. We know
you, and when he sees you his heart will be glad.
15 You shall speak to him and put the words in his
that because God answers
mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do.
his excuses with tangible
evidence but Moses is not
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convinced. Deeper things
going on for Moses--fear
(of failure, of being reject-
ed, of not being able to do
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the task, self doubt, etc.
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of Leadership o o o o >
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Reluctant Leader
Before God's Call
External Responses :
Internal Characteristics :
> Moses gets involved when he sees the
>
Sense of injustice
Moses chooses to act against injustice.
Willingness to act
Hebrew and the women being mistreated.
> Later in his leadership this allows him
Reckless Abandon
>
Risk-taker
Both times he responded, he took a risk at cost to
to abandon himself to God even when it costs him the admiration of
himself. Moses responds out of principle, which prompts self sacrifi ce.
the people he is leading.
>
Pays attention Moses pays attention to the burning bush:
> Will this desert be where I spend the
Expectant/Hopeful
God gets his attention.
rest of my life or is there something more? Moses turns aside and
makes himself available for God's call.
After God's Call
External Excuses :
Internal Feelings :
> Moses didn't think Pharoah would
> Moses said the task was impossible but
Task is impossible
Incompetence
ever agree--it would cost him too much. God's call for him to go to
what he really meant is "I am incompetent for this task. I am not this
Pharoah seemed ridiculous: it could never work.
gifted."
> This paralyzed him from seeing God as author
> All Moses could feel was fear: fear of failure, fear
Paralysis
Fear/Dread
and in charge of the plan and ultimately led to his laundry list of
of letting God down, fear of letting the Hebrews down, fear of being
excusesself sacrifi ce.
crushed by Pharaoh. Fear produced the paralysis.
>
I can't do this
There was a time when Moses might have
> Moses wants to claim, "I am not who you
Self-doubt
styled himself a Hebrew liberator, but he knows his limitations too
think I am. I know better than you my limitations and inabilities. I
well now to consider himself one.
Moses doesn't see himself as
must have deceived you."
having the competencies or gifts required.
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Ministry to the Relectuant Leader
Moses' excuses and internal complexity do not scare God or
cause him to look for someone else. He's chosen Moses for
Moses' Choices/
God's Patient
this mission because He knows what Moses is capable of.
Objections
Responses
God holds both things--Moses' leadership development and
the greater Mission--the Exodus.
Called Moses to himself and sent him
Fled confl ict in Egypt
back to Egypt
Moses may have felt that he blew his chance to make a difference, but God wasn't done with him.
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Discussion Guide
"Who am I?"
"I will be with you"
It is not who you are that matters, but who I am that matters
What is the mission you
have been called to?
"Who are you?"
"I AM WHO I AM... I AM sent you"
God self-defi nes--he isn't defi ned by being anyone's son or relation (or even god)
How have you wrestled
with being like Moses?
"Suppose they do not believe me"
You will demonstrate my power
God didn't send Moses empty handed. He gave him the resources he'd need.
How could you make
space to hear God's voice
"I make mouths--I can make you
"I am not eloquent"
over your own internal
eloquent"
God didn't make a mistake in the way he made Moses.
voice?
"Send someone else"
"I will give you a partner, Aaron"
God gets angry with Moses but still does not give up on him--he gives him what he needs, a partner already on his way
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