3:12
While Moses’ reluctance is understandable from a purely human perspective, it is also foolish. Just as it is foolish for us to live life from a purely human perspective. Living from a human perspective is why we are in the mess that we are in. “But I will be with you”. That should be enough, it is certainly the most important factor.
God then gives Moses one of the most useless signs in the Bible! Again, from a human perspective. Moses, like Gdeon at a later date, would like something tangible now. The sign that God was indeed with him would be the success of his task! I.e. after he had led them out of Egypt and brought them to the mountain of God.
3:13
Moses then raises another objection (there are quite a few to come). This one boils down to why the people of Israel should accept him as their “saviour”. Remember the comments I made on 3:11. Moses was not some popular hero, but a spoiled brat in the eyes of the Israelites. We can all face a similar dilemma. We have a message to all people from God, the gospel, but why should the people pay any attention to us? Why should our claim to have a message from God count for anything in their sight?
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