Through One Man

Consider the plight of Israel in Egypt. God’s nation was in incredible ruin with widespread apostasy. Satan had Israel under his heel, manipulating the political powers of the day to make laws against them and persecute them. The enemy was ridiculing and mocking God’s testimony on earth.

It was a dark hour in Israel’s history; and over time, the people grew discouraged. They began backsliding, indulging in the pleasures and sensuality of Egypt. Idolatry and fornication became rampant. Israel’s situation seemed hopeless, and the faith of the nation was slowly dying.

What was God’s response to this rising power of darkness? Did he stir up surrounding empires to act as his rod against Egypt? Did he incite a civil war among the Egyptians? Did he send avenging angels? No, God did no such thing. He had a totally different plan and laid his hand on a single man: Moses.

“The Lord executes righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the children of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy” (Psalms 103:6-8, NKJV).

Moses became a man of prayer in his later years, totally shut in with God. He had witnessed the pleasures, ease, and temptations of Egypt as a youth, and he chose to live instead under the total rule of the Holy Ghost. He had no agenda or ambition of his own. He forsook all his human ability, relying on the great I AM as his sole provision and resource. He came from holy ground with a firsthand vision of God’s holiness.

In the darkest hour of Israel’s history, when it looked as if God’s people would succumb to the enemy, the Lord raised up a man who would act as a testimony in the midst of it all. This one man brought down a whole nation while raising up another. God did it all through one man who was fully dedicated to him!