Moses, now grown, witnesses the oppression of his people and kills an Egyptian who was beating a Hebrew. The next day, he tries to intervene in a dispute between two Hebrews, but they reject him, exposing his earlier act. Fearing for his life, Moses flees Egypt when Pharaoh seeks to kill him. In exile, Moses arrives in Midian, where he defends the daughters of a priest from aggressive shepherds. He’s welcomed into their home, marries Zipporah, and names his son Gershom, saying, “I have become a foreigner in a foreign land.”

 It reads in Exodus 2:11-22 Easy: Many years later, Moses grew to become a man. At that time, he went out to visit his own people, the Israelites. He saw that they had to do very hard work without any rest. He saw an Egyptian man. He was attacking an Israelite man. The Egyptian was hitting someone from Moses’ own country! Moses looked in every direction. He saw that nobody was near. So Moses killed the Egyptian. He buried his body in the sand to hide it. The next day, Moses went out again to visit his people. He saw that two Israelite men were fighting each other. Moses said to the guilty man, ‘Why are you attacking your friend, who is an Israelite like you?”  The man answered, ‘You do not have authority over us! You cannot judge us! Do you want to kill me, as you killed that Egyptian man?’ Then Moses was afraid. He said to himself, ‘People must know what I have done!’ Pharaoh heard about what had happened. He wanted to kill Moses. So Moses ran away from Pharaoh. He went from Egypt to the country called Midian and he lived there. One day, Moses sat down by a well which was near where he lived. There was a priest in Midian who had seven daughters. Those seven young women came to get water out of the well. They used the water to fill the places where the animals drink. Then their father’s sheep and goats could drink there. But some shepherds then arrived at the well. They made the girls go away. So Moses stood up and he went to help the young women. He gave water to their animals. Then the girls went back home to Reuel, their father. He asked them, ‘Why have you come home so soon today?’ They answered, ‘An Egyptian man saved us from the shepherds. He even took water from the well and he gave it to our animals.’ Reuel said to his daughters, ‘So where is the man? You should not have left him there. Ask him to come here so that he can eat a meal with us.’ Moses agreed to stay with Reuel. Reuel gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses as his wife. Later, Zipporah gave birth to a son for Moses. Moses gave the boy the name ‘Gershom’. He called him that because he said, ‘I am living as a stranger in a foreign country.’ Moses’ shift from palace to wilderness, from hidden identity to divine preparation. His passion for justice leads to exile, but God uses that exile to shape him into a deliverer.

Father God, You see what was taken. You know the truth, even when others hide it. Bring justice, Lord. Just like Moses stepped into his calling by defending the vulnerable, Let the lies be exposed and right be restored. Give strength to keep going, Peace to quiet hearts, and faith to trust Your timing. Moses finds refuge, family, and identity in exile, even after being rejected and hunted. He went from being a prince in Pharaoh’s court to a stranger in a foreign land, yet it was there that he found; Safety from Pharaoh’s wrath, Companionship through Zipporah, his wife, Purpose as a shepherd and protector, Identity as someone chosen, not just hidden. Just as Mose’s had to adapt to change, give us that comfort in knowing You got this and we can be care full in You always. Love You, thank You, praise You and give You all the honor and glory in Jesus Precious Name Amen.