"The Ambassadors of God"(Exodus 7:1-13)

 Exodus 7:1-13

God sent Moses to Egypt as His ambassador. As ambassador to God, God empowered Moses to represent Him and to speak God's words to Pharaoh. Although Moses was like God, he was not God. More importantly, Moses would never consider himself a god.

 

And the Lord said to Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet.

Exodus 7:1 ESV

 

Moses could be God's ambassador not just because he had been empowered, but also because Moses was obedient. Whenever God commanded Moses to perform his service, Moses was obedient and performed great miracles. Moses knew where his power was coming from and knew God had specific tasks that needed to be done.

 

Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them.

Exodus 7:6 ESV

 

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the Lord commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent.

Exodus 7:10 ESV

 

God has used many people to serve him. Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt to the promised land. Noah was obedient and built an ark and his family and the animals. Jonah eventually saved the people of Nineveh when he obeyed God. God can only use us if we are obedient. We need to be humble like Moses and understand and admit our weaknesses and mistakes. It is only in humility that we can truly obey God. It is only in humility that we can hear the Holy Spirit to obey.  This was the opposite of Pharaoh.

 

Still Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, as the Lord had said.

Exodus 7:13 ESV

 

Moses was humble, and so he could be obedient. An arrogant man is not going to submit to authority. The more arrogant a man is, the less likely he will submit. In fact, the Bible makes a point that Moses was the humblest man amongst the people of his time.

 

Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

Numbers 12:3 ESV

 

And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.

Acts 7:22 ESV

 

We were made in the image of God, but this has been marred by sin. We need the Holy Spirit to help us to do God's will. To effectively use the Holy Spirit, we need to be obedient to God's word and humble. That obedience includes taking the time to listen to God through scripture reading, meditation and prayer.

 

Let us look to the example of Jesus who was obedient to God and sacrificed His own life.

 

And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”

Mark 14:36 ESV

 

Jesus was the ultimate ambassador to God and gives us the example to live by. No task was too great, and Jesus spoke God’s words to let all of humanity know God. Like Jesus and Moses, we are made in the image of God and have been called to be ambassadors for God.