Gracious Growth
“ So He said, “I will certainly be with you. And this shall be a sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain .”” Exodus 3 : 12 NKJV The experience of Moses in Midian has thought that growth can either be a product of greed or grace. Forty years earlier in Egypt, Moses attempted growth from second citizenship and servitude, for himself and the children of Israel respectively, with the passion of greed. He had to do the needful, by pulling down, killing out, and burying up a supposed enemy to advance liberation; but God’s grace provided an alternative way to growth in the wilderness of Midian. Why couldn’t Moses learn the import of the gracious growth in his prestigious Egypt from the professional experiences of the Egyptian midwives and the parental experience of the Hebrews in their hostile environments? Most times, grace is garnered only in the theatre of groan, and the absence of greed, Instead of bury...