MOSES

1. What preparations did he undergo before he was called to lead?

Before Moses became the Jews' liberator, he was raised as an Egyptian prince. Along his 40 years stay in the kingdom, he has learned to have vision and has also earned courage to lead a revolt.

He has also been lead to the Midian for another 40 years, when he ran away because of the Pharaoh’s command to have him killed because of what he has done with an overseer egyptian. There in the wilderness, he has learned the other side of living. From being a prince, he became a shepherd.

Moses has experienced both worlds, abundance and scarcity, which he both needed later when he led the Israelites out of Egypt.

2. How did God utilize this leader’s SERVE profile to undertake his mission/task?

spiritual gifts

Moses has giftings in leadership, shepherding, and prophecy. God used all these to let Moses endure the unending trials faced in leading the 600,000 Israelites who do nothing but to complain all their way to the promised land.

experiences

Moses had 40 years of experience as a prince and 40 years of shepherding in Midian. He has got enough experience on both ends. God used his experience in the kingdom to easily penetrate and influence. God also used Moses’ experience in Midian as a shepherd to His people (Israelites).

relational style

Moses shows a deep commitment to fighting injustice and his concerns are not parochial. I remember when he intervened when a non-Jew oppresses a Jew, when two Jews fight, and when non-Jews oppress other non-Jews.

vocational skills

Moses became a shepherd in Midian, where his skills I shepherding was utilized by God when he led the Israelites out of slavery.

Enthusiasm

I remember Moses’ was diligently chiseling the two stone tablets, which God asked of him. This is clear presentation that Moses is eager to serve God and ready to obey His commands, although sometimes, he stutters.

3. Moses faced the following difficulties/conflicts in his leadership:

• Disobedience- the episode in Numbers 20:2-13, where Moses was striking the rock instead of speaking to it, that is generally offered as the explanation for why God punishes Moses and forbids him to enter Israel.
• Doubt- In Numbers 14, "Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembled congregation of the Israelites." It is when Moses sent the 12 head of the tribes to spy on the land they are going. 10 of them reported negative information.
• Lack of faith- Moses stuttered even at the onset of his calling. He was not submitting his weakness to God.

Although Moses was a good leader, he did not finish well. He was not able to enter the promised land. It is because of his disobedience and pointless stuttering.

God can use anybody. Even the weakest dumb on earth. "We can be weak... but God is strong!"