Exodus 6:10–13
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
We live in an age of self-esteem, an era of self-help gurus who tell us that the power is within. Our culture is dedicated to the proposition that if you just believe in yourself, you can accomplish anything. The world tells you to find your voice, to speak your truth, to be confident in your own abilities. And here, in the middle of one of the great hinge-points of redemptive history, we find God's chosen man doing the exact opposite. In fact, he is profoundly aware of his own inadequacy. And this, as we shall see, is precisely why God could use him. The story of the Exodus is the story of God's absolute sovereignty clashing with the pretended sovereignty of man, embodied in Pharaoh. To confront this arrogance, God does not send a polished orator, a smooth diplomat, or a chiseled general.