“When God’s covenant people steal His glory, He chastens them for repentance and preparation for future use.”
Moses flees Pharaoh’s death sentence and lands in Midian. There God enrolls him in Wilderness School—forty years of humbling that will prepare him for future usefulness.
Two classes mark the curriculum: • Protection – Moses again sees injustice (shepherds driving away Jethro’s daughters) and acts, but this time without sin. He defends the weak and then serves them by watering the flock. • Direction – He willingly dwells with Reuel/Jethro, accepts a humble shepherd’s life, and receives Zipporah as wife. The trajectory is downward in humility rather than upward in self-exaltation.
God disciplines those He loves (Hebrews 12). He does not abandon His children when they steal His glory; He chastens them so they learn they are nobodies whom He can use for His purposes.
Preached March 9, 2025 Rhome Bible Church https://www.rhomebible.org
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