“Moses assumed his fellow Israelites would realize that God had sent him to rescue them, but they didn’t.”
Acts 7:25 (NLT)
Moses grew up with every advantage—educated, trained, and powerful—yet he went forty years without visiting the people he was related to. He forgot where he came from. It makes me wonder if I’ve neglected the blood-bought brothers and sisters God has placed near me—at home, in my church, in my workplace, in my community.
When Moses finally stepped in to defend an Israelite, he did the right thing with the wrong motive. He assumed his people would recognize that God had sent him to rescue them, but they didn’t. That hits me because I can serve a fellow believer and still be reaching for something in return—recognition, repayment, or a quiet expectation that it will come back to me with an increase.
The next day Moses tried again—this time as a peacemaker—and the question came back at him: “Who made you a ruler and judge over us?” God was exposing something. Moses may have known God’s will, but he didn’t know God’s timing. He wanted to be a deliverer forty years before God appointed him to deliver.
So here’s what I’m challenged by today: don’t wait forty years to care for the blood-bought believers God has given you. And don’t only care in the right way—care with the right motives. Not because it will be noticed, or returned, but because Jesus loved you first, and he commanded you to love your neighbor. Blood-bought believers are the closest neighbors you have, and loving them is enough.