Moses seems as though at the beginning of his service to God that he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. It seems as though he really doesn’t want the job as The Lord’s messenger. He tries to get out of it any way he can think of. He just doesn’t want the responsibility, but as time passes he seems to change his tune and follows God’s every word.
When God calls Moses from the burning bush, it seems as though Moses is just an innocent onlooker, curious to see what is going on. “An angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire out of a bush. He gazed and there was a bush all aflame, yet the bush was not consumed. Moses said, ‘I must turn aside to look at this marvelous sight; why doesn’t the bush burn up?’ When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from the bush.” (Exodus 3.2)
He just happens to be passing by the bush and notices it burning. It intrigues him and he turns to look. The Lord may have thought that he saw it as something divine but in fact, he did not know that God was there. God had to call to him to get his further attention. “God called to him out of the bush: “Moses! Moses!” Moses did not reply, “Here I am Lord” he just said, “Here I am”. God then goes on to explain who he is. “I am, the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” So it makes it implying that Moses does not, in fact, know who God is or what is calling to him from the bush.
God then tells Moses that he intends to have Moses be his servant. Which Moses doesn’t seem to be too happy about this. “I will send you to Pharaoh, and you shall free My people, the Israelites, from Egypt.” But Moses replies, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and free the Israelites from Egypt?” Clearly, Moses doesn’t want this job. He tries and tries to get out of it. He feels he is not qualified and that possibly God is mistaken by choosing him to do his bidding.
“Please O Lord, I have never been a man of words, either in times past or now that You have spoken to Your servant; I am slow of speech and slow of tongue. Please O Lord, make someone else Your agent.” He begs and pleads with the Lord to make someone else the person to go to Pharaoh, but it is to no avail. God just provides Moses with an assistant, which reassures him. “There is your brother Aaron the Levite. He, I know, speaks readily. Even now he is setting out to meet you and will be happy to see you.
You shall speak to him and put the words in his mouth-I will be with you and with him as you speak, and tell both of you what to do-and he shall speak for you to the people. Thus he shall serve as your spokesman.” “Moses told Aaron about all the things that the Lord had committed to him and all the signs about which He had instructed him. Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the Israelites. Aaron repeated all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses, and he performed the signs in the sight of the people, and the people were convinced.”
Once God starts giving Moses orders he seems to just follow along, maybe as keep peace with this God. When God says Jump Moses asks how high. When God told Moses to go assemble the elders of the Israelites he takes his “brother” and does exactly what the Lord says. God has many things in store of Moses, including climbing up a mountain several times, carrying stone tablets down from the mountain.
Making a tent and a place of worship that is up to God’s standards. With an alter of acacia wood covered in gold, tunics of blue, purple and crimson made with the finest linen. God expected a lot of Moses and he did not let God down. He did exactly as the Lord said. Moses has turned into a perfect servant of this God and would do anything to make him happy. Weather Moses had originally wanted to be the one to do God’s bidding he is happy to do it now, you hear no further complaints from him. Moses is the definite willing servant.
