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There was never a man or woman who walked as close to God as did Moses. Here was a man who spend days in the presence of God. He spoke with God face to face as we would speak with a friend. His life was filled with miraculous evidence of God's presence.
What type of person was he? He was an man like you and me. He was far from perfect. He suffered from periods of discouragement in life. He often doubted whether he was the man for the job. He was not always the father he should have been. It was through this ordinary man, however, that God would unfold His great purpose for His people.
This study takes a devotional look at the person of Moses. His story is not unlike our own. As you read, you will see yourself in the life of Moses. You will learn from His weakness and be challenged by his strengths.
F. Wayne Mac Leod
F. Wayne Mac Leod was born in Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada and received his education at Ontario Bible College, University of Waterloo and Ontario Theological Seminary. He was ordained at Hespeler Baptist Church, Cambridge, Ontario in 1991. He and his wife, Diane served as missionaries with the Africa Evangelical Fellowship (now merged with SIM) on the islands of Mauritius and Reunion in the Indian Ocean from 1985-1993 where he was involved in church development and leadership training. He is presently involved in a writing ministry and is a member of Action International Ministries.
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Face To Face - F. Wayne Mac Leod
Face To Face
A Devotional Look at the Life of Moses, the Man God Knew Face to Face
F. Wayne Mac Leod
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Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, CANADA
Face To Face
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Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 - Surrendered to God
Chapter 2 - In the Land of Midian
Chapter 3 - Zipporah
Chapter 4 - The Fire of God
Chapter 5 - I Will be With You
Chapter 6 - Questions
Chapter 7 - Why Did You Send Me?
Chapter 8 - Go, Speak to Pharaoh
Chapter 9 - Moses Cried unto the Lord
Chapter 10 - A Hand Lifted Up
Chapter 11 - On the Mountain Top
Chapter 12 - The Meekness of Moses
Chapter 13 - If Your Presence Does Not Go with Me
Chapter 14 - Speak to the Rock
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Preface
Moses was the man God knew face to face. What a title! He was a privileged man. Many times, he was invited into the presence of God to speak with Him. He saw and heard things that we will only see and hear in the life to come. I do not believe that he was any different from you or me, but the grace of God was poured out abundantly on him. He was not perfect. He had problems in his family. He knew what it meant to be discouraged in his ministry. He had, however, many qualities that serve to inspire us in our walk with God.
This small study has been very enriching for me. I pray that it will be for you as well. This book is not meant to be read in one sitting. I would encourage you to take the time to examine your own life in relation to each meditation. May the example of Moses be an inspiration for you in your personal relationship with God.
F. Wayne Mac Leod
Chapter 1 - Surrendered to God
Read Exodus 1.1-2:10
It was a time of unparalleled suffering for the people of God. They lived as slaves in a foreign land –the land of Egypt. Despite their affliction, however, the Lord their God blessed them. By His grace, they were becoming a numerous people. The Pharaoh of Egypt was worried. He feared that one day they could become a serious threat to his people. He decided, therefore, to take drastic action and restrict their growth before it was too late. Pharaoh spoke to the midwives and said:
16 When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.
(Exodus 1)
The Bible tells us that these midwives feared God and did not respect the wishes of Pharaoh. This caused the king to intensify his efforts. Pharaoh called on all his people to join him in a national effort to rid the land of the perceived Israelite threat.
22 Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, Every son that is born to the Hebrews you shall cast into the Nile, but you shall let every daughter live.
(Exodus 1)
Many parents lost their sons to the cruel hands of the Egyptians. Families lived in fear. A few years prior to this, these same people enjoyed the prosperity of their newly adopted land. They had now become slaves to the people their father Joseph had saved from a famine that would have completely devastated their land and wiped out most of their population.
It was in these circumstances that a woman of the tribe of Levi gave birth to a son. One can only imagine the pain this mother felt in her heart as she thought of the grim future that awaited her baby. As any mother would do, she sought to hide her son. For three months, she kept him as quiet as possible. She lived in the fear that one day an Egyptian would break through her door and take away her beautiful child.
After three months, she could no longer hide him. What could she do? If she kept him, the Egyptians would eventually find him and that meant certain death for her baby. The only thing she could do was to place him in the hands of her God. In His hands alone there would be hope.
The decision made, the child's mother made a basket from the reeds that grew by the river. After waterproofing the basket, she placed her precious treasure inside and took him to the river committing him into the hands of her God. It was to this river the Egyptians would have taken him to be drowned. The river was a symbol of death for her. In bringing him to that river she was surrendering him fully to God.
She did not know what his future held. No doubt, with tears in her eyes, she commended him to the grace of God. How I would have loved to hear her pray as she committed her young boy to the Lord, not knowing if she would ever see him again.
Maybe not having the courage herself, she asked her young daughter to watch from a distance to see what might happen to her little child. What this mother did not realize at the time was that this little child, was the instrument of God for the deliverance of His people.
God's protecting hand was on the young child Moses. The daughter of Pharaoh, who had come out to bathe in the river, noticed the basket and sent one of her servants to bring it to her. Seeing the child, she had pity on him and decided to raise him as her own.
Moses' sister, who was watching from a distance, dared to approach the Pharaoh's daughter to ask her if she needed a nurse to care for the child. She then offered to find her a nurse to care for the child on her behalf. It was by this means that Moses was raised by his own mother as a child of the daughter of Pharaoh. Could a mother in that day have wished any more for her child? He had been delivered from the cruel slavery of his people. He would live in the comfort and riches of the palace. He would receive the best possible education. His back would not be scarred by the dreaded Egyptian