Who Am I? (1 of 5)
Series: No More Excuses
Jeff Strite
Exodus 3:1-12
Years ago there was a comedian named Milton Berle who wrote this poem:
‘‘I’d rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; Because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I’d rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; For a might have-been has never been, But a has was once an are.’’
In our text this morning we read of a ‘‘has been’’ who became an ‘‘are.’’ Moses ‘‘had been’’ a great man - the adopted grandson of the Pharaoh; a man destined for power and prestige until... well until one day he saw a cruel Egyptian taskmaster beating a Hebrew. And Moses struck the Egyptian and killed him. When Pharaoh found out what Moses had done, he put a price on his head and Moses fled into the desert where he lived for the next 40 years as a shepherd taking care of his Father-in-law’s sheep. In a matter of weeks, Moses went from being a powerful prince of Egypt to become a lowly shepherd caring for flocks he didn’t even own.
Someone once noted that Moses spent forty years in Egypt thinking he was somebody; And forty years in Exile learning that he was a nobody. (Shortened version of an observation by D.L. Moody)
So now Moses is 80 years old. He lives in a tent out in the middle of nowhere. He has no hopes, no prospects, no future.
Years ago, the Beatles wrote a song that summed up Moses’ life to that point: ‘‘He’s a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land. Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.’’
Moses was a nowhere man - going nowhere, doing nothing, being nothing... but then he meets God. And God tells Moses I want you to do something for me! ‘‘I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.’’ Exodus 3:10
And Moses responded to God with these words: ‘‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?’’
WHO AM I? I’m just a nobody. A has ...
Series: No More Excuses
Jeff Strite
Exodus 3:1-12
Years ago there was a comedian named Milton Berle who wrote this poem:
‘‘I’d rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; Because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I’d rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; For a might have-been has never been, But a has was once an are.’’
In our text this morning we read of a ‘‘has been’’ who became an ‘‘are.’’ Moses ‘‘had been’’ a great man - the adopted grandson of the Pharaoh; a man destined for power and prestige until... well until one day he saw a cruel Egyptian taskmaster beating a Hebrew. And Moses struck the Egyptian and killed him. When Pharaoh found out what Moses had done, he put a price on his head and Moses fled into the desert where he lived for the next 40 years as a shepherd taking care of his Father-in-law’s sheep. In a matter of weeks, Moses went from being a powerful prince of Egypt to become a lowly shepherd caring for flocks he didn’t even own.
Someone once noted that Moses spent forty years in Egypt thinking he was somebody; And forty years in Exile learning that he was a nobody. (Shortened version of an observation by D.L. Moody)
So now Moses is 80 years old. He lives in a tent out in the middle of nowhere. He has no hopes, no prospects, no future.
Years ago, the Beatles wrote a song that summed up Moses’ life to that point: ‘‘He’s a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land. Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.’’
Moses was a nowhere man - going nowhere, doing nothing, being nothing... but then he meets God. And God tells Moses I want you to do something for me! ‘‘I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.’’ Exodus 3:10
And Moses responded to God with these words: ‘‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?’’
WHO AM I? I’m just a nobody. A has ...
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