“And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.”
The man who was in the wrong turns on Moses with a question that cuts like a blade: who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian? Moses is afraid. The act he thought was hidden is known, or at least suspected, and the people he thought he was helping have used it against him. This is the first of many moments where Moses discovers that leadership is not welcomed simply because it is offered. The question itself — who made you ruler and judge? — is actually the right question, but asked in the wrong spirit. The answer, which Moses does not yet fully know, is: God will. Exodus 3 is coming. But first must come the wilderness, the waiting, the long formation that turns impulsive action into patient obedience. God rarely commissions immediately the person who volunteers too soon.
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