Today's Devotion: 11 But Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” 12 And God said, “I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, youa will worship God on this mountain.” (a The Hebrew is plural. The Holy Bible : New International Version. electronic ed. Grand Rapids : Zondervan, 1996, c1984, S. Ex 3:11-12) One who reads this might have forgotten that at this time in his life, Moses had fled from Pharaoh, after killing an Egyptian who was abusing one of the Hebrews.

Today's Comments: At this time in his life, Moses was a fugitive from the Egyptians and was tending sheep for his father-in-law, Jethro, the Priest of Midian. Yes, Moses was a simple shepherd who became a shepherd of men rather than sheep, leading his people, the Hebrews, out of slavery in Egypt to the land of milk and honey that God provided for His people. And, if one really thinks about it, he or she may be able to easily conclude that the sheep that Moses led out of Egypt were not much different from the sheep that he tended and watered for his father Jethro. Sheep are gregarious animals; they like being in flocks. Yet, they are easily distracted, and they can easily become lost without their shepherd. And without the shepherd, the sheet are defenseless, just as we are defenseless without God against the powers of evil.