I love that Moses wasn't content to live comfortably in Pharaoh's palace. At some point - the text doesn't say how or when - he genuinely saw his own people's suffering. That seeing mattered. It moved him.
But then he killed a man. A rash, impulsive, understandable act that was also completely wrong. I think we often skip past this because we know Moses becomes the deliverer. But the Scriptures don't let us off easy here. Moses acted from justice but without wisdom, without authority, without God's word or timing.
What I needed to learn: righteous anger at injustice doesn't automatically make you the right instrument of justice. I've had to repent of showing up to 'fix' situations where God hadn't sent me, with methods He didn't approve. Seeing suffering is good. Acting on it wisely is another matter entirely.
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