FBC Gridley

In many places the Bible says, “God resists the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.” 

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After killing an Egyptian task master, Moses fled into the desert away from Pharoah. It was here that he learned patience and humility. He worked as a shepherd in the land of Midian.

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He must have wondered, “Where is God in all of this? Why is He taking so much time?”

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But by the time Moses was 80, he went to the opposite extreme and developed an inferiority complex. He kind of overlearned his lesson in humility, and he felt very inadequate.

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When God appeared to him and asked him to be the leader, Moses resisted with a series of excuses, to the point that he invoked the anger of God.

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God continued to work with Moses to develop that balance of confidence without being conceited. And we all need to serve God in confidence without conceit. 

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God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!”

And Moses said, “Here I am.”

“Do not come any closer,” God said. “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”
Exodus 3:3-5

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