He Hears Your Cry and Sends a Saviour

Exodus   4:18-31 Click here for Bible Verses

Hi GAMErs!

Today’s passage is Exodus 4:18-31.  There are so many lessons we can learn from this passage.  In this GAME sharing we’ll deal only with verses 27-31 today . Let’s go!

Exodus 4:27 (NIV)
²⁷  The LORD said to Aaron, “Go into the desert to meet Moses.” So he met Moses at the mountain of God and kissed him.

On verse 27:  Aaron, Moses’ older brother who was 3 years Moses’ senior (see Exodus 7:7), hears from God that he should go to the desert to meet Moses.  So Aaron goes to meet Moses at “the mountain of God” (which is likely Mount Horeb where Moses first encountered God in the burning bush) and the brothers are reunited.  How was Aaron, an Israelite slave in Egypt, able to freely leave Egypt to visit Moses?  One theory is that Aaron was a respected elder among the Israelites and had the permission of Pharaoh to go.  Another theory is that Aaron escaped the slave camp without being discovered.

In any event, the fact that Aaron independently sensed from God that he should go see Moses, soon after Moses himself had heard God’s call to go back to Egypt, must have been very encouraging to both Moses and Aaron.  They both must have seen this as a sign from God.  It goes to show that when God wants to do something big, He tends to involve not just one person but multiple trusted leaders in the discerning of it. 

Exodus 4:28-31 (NIV)
²⁸  Then Moses told Aaron everything the LORD had sent him to say, and also about all the miraculous signs he had commanded him to perform.
²⁹  Moses and Aaron brought together all the elders of the Israelites,
³⁰  and Aaron told them everything the LORD had said to Moses. He also performed the signs before the people,
³¹  and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

On verses 28-31:  Moses had been estranged from the Israelite community for almost all of his life, first when he grew up in the royal palace as an Egyptian prince, and later when he fled to Midian.  Aaron thus played a crucial role in bridging the gap between Moses and the Israelite elders.  After seeing the signs that Aaron performed before the people, the Iraelite elders believed and they worshiped God upon realizing that God was concerned for them and had heard their cry for help.

Just as God showed His concern for the Israelites by sending Moses to rescue the Israelites from slavery in Egypt, God showed His concern for us by sending Jesus Christ to rescue us to sin.  Just like the Israelites bowed down and worshiped God in response, so may we also respond to God’s love with worship.

Who is someone in your life who needs to know that the Lord is concerned about them and has seen their misery?  May you be the one to show them that God cares about them.

Heavenly Father, thank You that as evidence that You care for us, You sent us a Saviour to rescue us.  Thank You for being the God who hears our cry and who meets our need.  In Jesus’ name, AMEN!