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Dr. Jones | English 2110  

March 28, 2021 

Moses and his faithfulness to God 

The Bible names many important characters from the book of Genesis through

Revelations, who had a significant impact on humanity. However, this paper will focus on the

book of Exodus and its main character, Moses. Moses was an obedient man who lived his life

based on God’s plan and who also freed his people from the terrible slavery they were going

through at that time. One of the plans God had with Moses was for him to lead his people

away from Egypt to the promise land. Moses’s story teaches us how to stay obedient and faithful

to God while going through difficult situations. To understand Moses’s faithfulness, we’ll need

to study his birth history, his life with the Pharaoh, his obedience to God, and the

confrontations Moses and the Pharaoh had.  

To begin with, God has protected Moses since the day he was born. This is

because Moses' mother was a Hebrew woman, who loved God and her son dearly. However, she

birthed Moses during a time were the Pharaoh ordained for all Hebrew son to be killed by

throwing them into the Nile River. The Pharaoh commanded this because the Egyptian

women could not conceive children; although, God was pleased with the Hebrews because they

feared Him; so, He multiplied their families. The Pharaoh was angered by this problem because

he knew that these kids would turn into powerful male adults who could take over his

nation once they grow up. This led him to dictate for every Hebrew born son to be killed as a

symbol of authority against the Hebrews and to let them know who ruled over them. When

Moses was born, his mother saw that he was a “godly child” and she decided to hide him away
from Pharaoh’s sight, but this secret only lasted for around three months until she could not do

so no more (Exodus 2:2). Then, his mother decided to place Moses inside a papyrus container

and carefully put him along the sides of the River for him to be safer somewhere else. This was a

challenging situation for Moses’ mother to go through because she knew that she

would never see him again. However, she trusted God to guard over her child on his way to a

new place. Moses’s sister saw her brother from a distance to make sure he was safe during his

journey through the waters.  

Back in Pharaoh’s palace, his daughter went to the river to wash herself and

her maids were with her when she noticed an “ark among the reeds” (Guzik). She told one of

her maids to grab the basket and once it was opened, Moses started to cry. The Pharaoh’s

daughter knew that Moses was one of the Hebrew’s children and she felt compassion towards

him. Then, she went to her father to present him the news of what she found. The Pharaoh

decided to let her keep Moses and raise him as her child. In other words, Moses’ new mother

would raise him to be part of the royal family as an Egyptian and not as a Hebrew. Again,

Pharaoh’s nation was in a state of infertility so her father accepted his daughter’s request of

becoming the mother of the child. Years later, Moses was part of the Pharaoh’s family and he

was not aware of how he came to be part of this family because no one told him anything. Moses

was raised in a household where he had everything he wanted, and he was not so humble to the

ones in need. Later in his life, Moses starts to acknowledge the suffering of the slaves working

for the Pharaoh and he gains sympathy for the Israelites. This led Moses to refuse the role of

being part of the kingdom because he felt like he didn’t belong with them. So, he left his position

in the family and worked with his brethren, the Hebrews. One time, he saw how one of

the taskmasters mistreated one of the workers and Moses was angered to see this abuse towards
his people. So, Moses took revenge over this Egyptian by killing him and then buried him under

the sand. However, when the Israelites knew about Moses’ action, they turned away from him

because they thought of him as someone who still had the power to judge people’s behaviors.

Moses’ people rejected him because they thought that Moses wanted to be seen as a royal leader

even when he wasn’t part of the Pharaoh’s family no more. This led Moses to escape to Midian,

where he found a new family that accepted him and welcomed him into their home. 

To continue, Moses felt “content to live with the man, who gave Zipporah (his

daughter) to Moses” (Guzik). Moses became a humble man who gain the priest’s trust to marry

his daughter. Moses and Zipporah gave birth to a child called, Gershom. During this time,

Moses stood faithful to God. He also believed that God put him (Moses) in the exact place that

He wanted. God then remembered about the people of Israel and He turned His attention to

them. Scholars have stated, “God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with

Jacob. Therefore, He turned His attention to Israel, not because they were good people but

because the covenant, He made with them” (Kaiser). After 40 years of Moses living in the desert

of Midian, he was considered a humble man because everything he had was from his father-in

law. Nothing belonged to him and he was fine with that. One day, Moses was on his way to

Mount Sinai with one of his sheep and no one else was with Him. We can assume that this desert

was desolated because there was no one to be found in that area. Suddenly, Moses encounters a

bush that was burning with fire, but the tree was not consumed by it. This made Moses get closer

to the bush to examine what he was seeing, and the Lord saw that he caught Moses' attention, so,

He called Moses' name twice. Moses answered God but he was afraid to look at Him, so, He

covered his face while the Lord was speaking to him. God’s message was, “I have surely seen

the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and I have heard their cry by reason of their
taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am to come down to deliver them out of the hand of

the Egyptians, and to bring them out of that land unto a good and a large, unto a land flowing

with milk and honey...” (Exodus 3:7-8). God told Moses the suffering of the Israelites and that

He will deliver them from Egypt to take them into a better land, where they can be free from

oppression. Later in the chapter, God appoints Moses to do the following, “Come now therefore,

and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel

out of Egypt” (Exodus 3:10). This was God’s first command to Moses, to free the people from

Israel. Even though, Moses thought he was not capable to such task, he still went to the Pharaoh

to express what the Lord spoke to him on the mount.  

Moses then, went to the land of Egypt where the Pharaoh was, and he talked to him about

what God told him. However, the Pharaoh mocked Moses by asking, “Who is the Lord, that I

should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go” (Exodus

5:2). The Pharaoh did not care about God’s commandment, so, he decided to make the Hebrews’

life worst by taking away things that helped them with the work. God then, harden Pharaoh’s

heart, which would make him reject Moses’ request of letting his people go. God brought ten

plagues that came over Egypt and he still did not agree to free the slaves. For the last plague,

God told Moses that he was going to take the life of every firstborn at midnight; however, those

who had applied the blood of the lamb on the doorway, would be safe from what was to come.

The Pharaoh didn’t believe Moses once again, even though all the plagues that Moses warned

him about came true. The Pharaoh’s child was dead once the plague was over because he did not

do what Moses told him to. The Pharaoh called Moses and his brother Aaron, to take his people

away from Egypt. Even though, the Pharaoh let the Hebrews go, he went after them with an

army to get revenge on all that had occurred in Egypt. Moses was on his way to the land that
God promised him and the Israelites, but they met with a sea that they couldn’t physically

get through, but God had a plan all along. The Lord said to him, “But lift your

rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divided it: and the children of Israel shall go on

dry ground through the midst of the sea” (Exodus 14:16). The Hebrews walked through the dry

land and they made to the other side of the land, however, the Pharaoh and his army did not

make it to the other side because the waters were one again and they all drown and died in the

sea.  

To conclude, Moses was a faithful man who pursue God above all things and never gave

up on the Lord’s plan. Many challenges came after this event, but God was in control all along.

God protected Moses since birth until the end of his earthy life. Moses’s faithfulness stood active

through his life with the Pharaoh, while being with God, and when confronting the Pharaoh to let

his people go. This part of Moses life, shows us tat when we stay faithful to God even during

harsh time, we’ll succeed in the plan He has called us to pursue.  

 
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