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Radical Changes

Exodus chapter three presents the story of a radical change in Moses’ life. His story is fascinating because of all of its twists and intriguing turns. Born a Jew during tremendous persecution, he is floated down the Nile to an unknown fate. He was eventually found by a Princess and finally fathered by Pharoah. He thus spent his first forty years in luxury. 

Moses could not endure the strife that his blood-brothers were suffering, and because of that anguish and a quick temper, he murdered a man. Thus he became a fugitive to his adopted people. The next forty years were relatively uneventful as Moses learned the humble trade of shepherding. He met his bride at a well, had a son, and herded sheep. Then, after forty years of shepherding, he met God at the burning bush, and another radical change took place. 


Chapter four tells the story of Moses’s many excuses and his attempt to avoid God’s will for him. God had an answer for each one, and He used Moses to do the impossible during the next forty years.


Moses’ life was full of radical. It seemed to come in forty-year segments, but he is an inspiration for golden-agers. He did things that many thirty years olds would refuse to try. He was great because of his great obedience, even though that obedience took a while to develop. He is like you baby-boomers who want to retire and live the golden years in your beach blankets and summer cabins up north. However, Moses didn't ever quit. His retirement plan had him buried by God. Never let age determine what God can do. 


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