Moses Meets God

Last week, in Exodus chapter 2, we met Moses. This week, as we turn to Exodus chapter 3, Moses meets God. This chapter tells us of Moses' encounter with the Lord—the God of his fathers—and of the Lord's call of Moses to be the one through whom God would deliver his flock. We hear of Moses doubt (indeed unbelief, as amplified further in chapter 4), but even more of God's commissioning of Moses for his (i.e. the Lord's) task. This calling is accompanied with the Lord's promises—particularly of his promise to be present with Moses—and with the revelation of the Lord's name. While we often use 'Yahweh' to express that name, the significant matter is the meaning of the name more than its form. The meaning of the name is opened up for us through God's actions and words in the book of Exodus, but with even more clarity and glory in the sending of Jesus, Yahweh's son.