Matthew 25: 24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord I knew thee, that You are an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed. 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
In the parable of the stewards, the man who did not invest His Lord’s goods did not mince words, for he came out and specifically stated that he was afraid of loss, and therefore, his actions and excuses were the byproduct of fear. Again, when Moses was called by God to go down to Egypt for the deliverance of the Hebrews, it was fear for his life that drove him to make the excuses that he kept coming up with.
As we review his own episode it’s indeed amazing the amount and varying excuses that we are capable of coming up with. After his numerous excuses, God addressed Moses’ unspoken fears, for he dreaded going back to Egypt to face the music, after having slain an Egyptian task master. In the heat of the moment, Moses’ anger had gotten the better of him, and he then resorted to a strategy that was not God-ordained.
If God had given Moses the assurance up front, we most likely would never have heard of any excuses on his part, for he was being driven by fear, which produces a natural byproduct of making excuses. In fact, after God allayed his fears, his excuses come to an abrupt end.
Exodus 4:19 And the Lord said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!