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| Exodus 2:16-22 |
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Lesson # Exodus 2:16-22 Study Material - Exodus 2:16-22 You must be in fellowship prior to your Bible study, so that the spiritual information you receive can become a source of blessing to your soul and produce spiritual growth. Ex. 2:16-22 16 Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. 17 Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. 18 When they came to Reuel their father, he said, 'Why have you come back so soon today?' 19 So they said, 'An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds; and what is more, he even drew the water for us and watered the flock.' 20 And he said to his daughters, 'Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.' 21 And Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses. 22 Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, 'I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.' Sometimes when life seems to fall apart all around us and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason for it, when we find ourselves on the run in no perceptible direction, not a clue as to where we are going to go, let alone what we would do when we arrived, then life seems to have passed us by. We are alone, helpless, discouraged, perhaps confused or even angry because we had some of our own ideas, some of our very well laid out plans for our life, then suddenly everything is shattered. Our problems could be divorce, or some violence set against us. They could be a medical problem, an accident, a natural catastrophe, or any one of a number of problems that simply drop from the sky and destroy our lives. Moses had such a sequence of events. Not one but two fights he happened upon. He tried to set both straight but the first ended up in the death of an Egyptian. He ran as a result, but could have made a report of self defense. He could have said he was coming to the aid of someone who was receiving an unreasonable beating, and the event got out of hand. Probably this would have been settled, but he instead tried to cover it up. He buried the Egyptian in the sand. He ran for fear of the wrath of Pharaoh. Later he will return not fearing the wrath of Pharaoh even though the death sentence is still on his head. Bible doctrine will be the difference. Now he thought that he was the deliverer and that the Hebrews would appreciate his acts, but he was shocked at their impertinence, their rejection of his help. He ran but not in the northeastern direction toward Syria, but in the southeastern direction toward the far side of the Sinai Peninsula where Midian was. This was a place of contention of turmoil, but not really in the land, though we will see the conflict between the shepherds and the daughters of Reuel, but there was conflict in Moses mind. He had a perception of his life. He had a very different birth and rescue. He was raised and educated in Pharaoh's court. He should have died at birth, but here he was in a very high position in the palace. Now all that is shattered and he finds himself on the run and in Midian. He traveled far, constantly on the move and hiding from random Egyptian patrols. He pooped out near a well that happened to be the well of Reuel. Reuel means 'friend of God'. Reuel was the priest of Midian. Cohen means priest, not prince. Even so the shepherds who came after the daughters of Reuel, had no respect for there being his daughters let alone having respect for their being women. Gentlemen with manners, they were not. Bully's they were. Tough guys against the little girls. The daughters were workers, not privileged ladies who do not get their hands dirty. They were shocked at seeing a stranger dressed in Egyptian clothing with apparent rank who stood up, 'quwm', sprang up and attacked the shepherds. One man against several shepherds, stopping them from their aggression against the daughters of Reuel. Not only did he come to their aid, but helped draw water for their flock. Surprised so they were, that they completely forgot to invite him to their home for dinner. They ran off early, back to report to their father. He had to remind them of their manners and to invite Moses to their home. Moses accepted and 'was willing to dwell' in the land. He was invited to live in Midian. He married a daughter of Reuel and had a child, Gershom, a Hebrew word meaning 'a stranger there'. That is (I was) 'a stranger' (in a land where I had a son). He was a stranger in the land at first, but he will live there for 40 years, settling there. But again this is not to be his home, nor is being a shepherd his occupation. God has a very different purpose in mind. Moses settled in Egypt originally and thought his role was going to come from the Egyptian point of view. Wrong. Moses now settles in Midian, thinking that his role in life would be just to watch the sheep and have children by his wife. Wrong. Sometimes we live our daily lives not having a clue as to what our intended purpose might be in life. We might think we know, but God just might surprise us with some very dramatic events in our life that change everything for us. Don't be surprised if things in your life take some very weird turns. With or without doctrine in your soul you might think that you know what your destiny is, and in some cases this might be so. But in other cases, you might be involved in some very real and dramatic changes. You might be caught up in events that simply came down on you like Moses. He suddenly found himself in a murder situation. I think that would qualify as a dramatic event for most of us. And certainly a lot of time might pass before God actually uses us in some capacity. The moral is, be patient. Stick with your Bible study. Grow up to spiritual maturity and remain there. God uses prepared believers. And prepared does not mean knowing how to type, but knowing Bible doctrine and possessing it in your soul. Sometimes other things have to occur elsewhere in the world before God can use you, as we will see in tomorrow's lesson. 
Now is the time to post a prayer. End Of Lesson Study to show thyself approved (mature) unto God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing (studying/discerning), the Word of truth. |
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