Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Exodus, Chapter 2, Verse 13-14

¹³ The next day he went out again, and now two Hebrews were fighting! So he asked the culprit, “Why are you striking your companion?” ¹⁴ But he replied, “Who has appointed you ruler and judge over us? Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses became afraid and thought, “The affair must certainly be known.”

Moses was a prince of Egypt and also a Hebrew slave. Moses as a man sought justice for his Hebrew brothers and in a fit of anger killed an Egyptian that was brutalizing a Hebrew slave and secretly buried him in the sand. Secrecy is an important element in sinfulness. When we find ourselves wanting to keep something secret we should ask ourselves are we going down a road that we want to go; is this secrecy that we desire really an attempt to hide our sinfulness from God; who sees all things. Think twice the next time you seek secrecy.