On the trip, at an overnight campsite, it happened that the LORD confronted him and sought to put him to death. So Zipporah took a flint, cut off her son’s foreskin, and threw it at Moses’ feet. Then she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood to me!" So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood," referring to the circumcision (Exodus 4:24–26 HCSB).
Moses had his historic meeting with God at the burning bush. Now he is on the way back to Egypt to fulfill his commission. And God tried to kill him! God called him and then tried to kill him. What?
Why not? Any old Moses will do. God called Moses and He could call someone else. In fact, He had Aaron in waiting. Moses was expendable. Just as we all are. But why?
Moses was living as a pagan in the desert. He had two sons, neither of which had been circumcised. How could Moses be the leader of the Hebrew nation if he himself was not living as a Hebrew? He could not. This was a small thing, but it’s the little foxes that spoil the vineyard.
There is a simple principle of leadership: you cannot lead others where you are not willing to go. He had to get this straight. Moses had to live as a Hebrew and lead his family as a Hebrew if he was to lead the Hebrew nation. If he did not comply in this God would get someone else. Just this close and we could be talking about the “Law of Aaron.”
Are we complying in our private life? God does not have to use us. He can raise up someone else.
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