Meeting Moses

Exodus chapter 2 introduces us to the figure of Moses. We learn of his birth and salvation from the Nile; his upbringing; his vain attempt to free Israel by his own hand; and of his entrance into Midian, where he was to spend the next forty years. Moses had to be fitted for the task of shepherding God's flock, which means he had to be brought to rely on God's strength rather than his own.