“HE LED HIS FLOCK!”

 Exodus 3:1                                        (ESV)

“Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and “HE LED HIS FLOCK” to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of GOD.”

There are times that GOD speaks to me as I am headed to another Scripture and I am LED to discover what it is that HE is saying to me.  As I opened the Bible application this morning going it was on Exodus 3:1 and I was seemingly transfixed on the verse and GOD began leading my thoughts like Moses was leading the sheep to Mount Horeb, the mountain of GOD.

According to the Protestant reformer John Calvin, Mount Sinai and Mount Horeb were the same mountain, with the eastern side of the mountain being called Sinai and the western side being called Horeb.  Moses, being a shepherd, was constantly on the lookout for grass for his flock to graze on.  “HE LED HIS FLOCK” to Horeb, which is also known as the mountain of GOD.  Scripture doesn’t indicate that grass was plentiful near and around Horeb, but GOD HAS A PLAN and Moses was about to be where GOD could have his attention to hear from HIM.  

It is not a “coincidence” that Moses found himself on Mount Horeb.  Horeb is thought to mean glowing/heat, which seems to be a reference to the Sun, while Sinai may have derived from the name of Sin, the Sumerian deity of the Moon, and thus Sinai and Horeb would be the mountains of the moon and sun, respectively.  GOD has to lead me to a spot where HE can have my undivided attention, a place where the distractions from “this world” will not interfere with HIS MESSAGE, and I am able to focus on HIM!

Moses was “tasked” with leading the Children of GOD from captivity to the Promised Land, not because he was a leader in the Temple, but because ALMIGHTY GOD CHOSE him.  GOD CHOSE Moses because “HE LED HIS FLOCK” to the appointed place to meet with GOD.  My prayer is that I will be submissive to THE LORD enough that “HE LED HIS FLOCK” can be said of me one day!!!