Moses had nowhere else to go. A fugitive on the run, sitting by a well in a foreign place he did not know. He had stopped writing the story of his life. He could not predict at all what would happen next. But what did happen was part of God’s plan. It reminds us that the doors God opens for us are often unlocked by the smallest acts of kindness.
“Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came to draw water and fill the troughs to water their father’s flock. 17 Some shepherds came along and drove them away, but Moses got up and came to their rescue and watered their flock. 18 When the girls returned to Reuel their father, he asked them, “Why have you returned so early today?” 19 They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.” 20 “And where is he?” Reuel asked his daughters. “Why did you leave him? Invite him to have something to eat.” (Exodus 2 v16-20)
Moses sat down by a well. A fugitive in the desert. He wasn’t doing anything particular. Maybe he was wondering what he would do to rebuild his life after escaping the Pharaoh. Then the incident happened. It had nothing to do with him. There were seven women being chased away from the well by shepherds.
But this was Moses. The Moses who just couldn’t watch an Egyptian beat a Hebrew slave. He got up, intervened and drew the water for the daughters. Thankfully, he still hadn’t learned to look the other way.
This simple act of kindness was the segue into being in the exact place God wanted him to be. Moses must have thought he was hiding from everything and everyone he knew. But by that well that day, he was not hiding from God.
A new chapter was about to begin for Moses and God was there watching his every move.
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