Moses finds refuge by the priest of Midian in Exodus 2:15-22. Without his knowledge, he fled to the place of divine revelations. Here at Jetro or Reguël, Abraham’s belief in God is lived. Therefore, Moses comes to a place where he learns more about God by waiting to him, as indicated by the two names of his father-in-law.
Perhaps it is also a challenge for us to wait for God to learn more about him, to understand him even better and to be even more fascinated about him?
After Moses fails as a saviour in Egypt, he becomes the saviour for the daughters of Jetro. A son from a royal house becomes the servant of disenfranchised women. It’s like a reference to Jesus. After Jesus is rejected, he focuses on the servant side of the Saviour.
Here in Moses verse 22 it also says: “When she (Zippora) gave birth to a son, he (Moses) named him Gershom and said: I am a guest in a foreign land.” In John 10:16 Jesus says: “I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.” Again, we see some similarities between Moses and Jesus.
The number 40 is also repeated: Moses was in Midian for 40 years. Jesus spent 40 days in the desert.
After the 40-day fast, the devil asked Jesus to make bread out of stones. It’s the temptation to help ourselves. Jesus rejects that.
Then the devil tries to let him to force God to act by throwing himself off the roof of the temple. Jesus also rejects this with the words: “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.” (Matthew 4:7).
Finally, the devil wants to offer Jesus a shortcut and spare him all the suffering. But Jesus commands the devil to go away (Matthew 4:10).
Moses also had to learn these three things: to wait for the time that God determined was right, not to put pressure on God, but to endure unchanging situations and not to take shortcuts.
We too are in the middle of this process: waiting patiently for God, not blackmailing him and simply enduring situations with his help. But we should know: We have a God who carries us through all the situations.
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