Come Now Therefore, and I Will Send Thee – Exodus 3:9-10

Meditations in Exodus

In Exodus 3:9-10 the Lord God revealed His purpose to Moses, saying, “Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.  Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.”

In Exodus 3:7-8 the Lord God had revealed that He knows the sorrows of His people and that He is moved to deliver His people from their sorrows.  As He continued His message unto Moses from “the burning bush,” He further revealed unto Moses His purpose and plan for the deliverance of His people.  Indeed, the Lord God expressed His call upon Moses to send Moses as His instrument of deliverance.  Even so, we find so often that when the Lord our God moves on behalf of His people, He does so by calling and sending a man through whom He might accomplish His work.

The Lord’s Concern

In Exodus 3:9 the Lord God repeated His burden of care and concern for His people, saying, “Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.”  Indeed, the Lord our God does hear the cry and see the affliction of His people.  Indeed, the Lord our God does care and is concerned for His people.  In fact, in Exodus 3:9 the Lord our God places emphasis and directs our attention especially upon this truth.  From “the burning bush,” He instructed Moses (and through His eternal inspiration of this Scripture, He instructs us) to behold this truth – “Now therefore, behold.”  We are to behold the truth that the cry of His people does surely come unto the ears of our Lord.  We are to behold the truth that our Lord does surely see every detail of the affliction under which His people suffer.  We are to recognize this truth and to reckon it as truth.  We are to set our attention upon the reality of this truth and to establish our faith upon the foundation of this truth.  Now therefore, behold, if you are one of the Lord’s faithful servants, then your cry does come unto Him.  Now therefore, behold, if you are one of the Lord’s faithful servants, then He sees, knows, and cares about your affliction.

The Lord’s Call

In Exodus 3:10 the Lord God revealed His plan and purpose for the deliverance of His people, saying, “Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.”  The Lord God’s plan and purpose was to call and send Moses that he might lead the Lord’s people out of their oppression and affliction in Egypt.  So often, our Lord God’s plan and purpose for deliverance involves the calling and sending of a man to lead and minister on behalf of His people. 

As such, the Lord our God first calls His servant unto a relationship with Himself.  With the opening line of Exodus 3:10, the Lord God gave instruction to Moses, saying, “Come now therefore.”  When we consider the Lord’s call upon an individual’s life, we often focus upon the ministry to which that individual is sent.  Even so, we often present the Lord’s call as a call to do something.  We do this because the doing part of the call is the publicly observable part of the call.  However, there is a private part of the call that precedes this public part.  The Lord our God always first calls an individual unto a relationship with Himself before He sends that individual to do a work for His name. 

Second, the Lord our God sends His servant to work for His name.  Even so, in Exodus 3:10 the Lord God’s instruction to Moses continued, “Come now therefore, and I will send thee.”  Having called His servant unto a relationship with Himself, the Lord our God then sends His servant forth to serve Him for His name’s sake.  Indeed, the Lord our God does call us to do a work and service for Him.  Yet He desires that our work for Him might be rooted in our walk with Him.

Third, in sending His servant to work for His name, the Lord our God sends His servant to face the enemy.  Even so, in Exodus 3:10 the Lord God’s instruction to Moses continued yet the more, “Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh.”  In the Lord’s work, there is always an enemy to face.  Indeed, the Lord’s work is a fight of faith; and we must “war a good warfare” and “fight the good fight of faith.” (1 Timothy 1:18; 6:12)  We must be spiritually sober and vigilant, resisting our adversary the devil steadfastly in the faith. (1 Peter 5:8-9)  We must “be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus” and in the power of our Lord’s might. (2 Timothy 2:1; Ephesians 6:10)  Then in our Lord’s enabling grace, we must stand steadfast and unmovable against the wiles of the devil, “always abounding in the work of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:11; 1 Corinthians 15:58)

Finally, in sending His servant to work for His name, the Lord our God sends His servant to minister unto His own.  Even so, in Exodus 3:10 the Lord God concluded His instruction to Moses, saying, “Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.”  In Moses’ case, He was called of the Lord to minister deliverance unto the children of Israel from the oppression and bondage of Egypt.  Indeed, the work of the Lord always involves ministering spiritually unto others in some manner according to God’s purpose.  Just as God the Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, “came not to be ministered unto, but to minister,” even so we also must go forth in our Lord’s service to minister unto others according to God’s Word and will. (Matthew 20:25-28)

Posted in Meditation is Exodus, In Time of Trouble, Prayer, Lovingkindness of the Lord, Trust in God,
Fellowship with the Lord, Godly Leadership, Spiritual Warfare, Spiritual Enablement, Godly Ministry

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