God called Moses to deliver the people out of Egypt which foreshadows Jesus delivering his people out of sin and slavery. In Jesus’ story, Mary was much like Moses and called by the Heavens to deliver the Savior. It’s quite interesting to compare the two in their initial response to God’s command. Moses vs Mary. We know from the Exodus story that Moses, while great as a leader, had quite the many objections to God. He had excuse after excuse for God to send him:
Who am I? (3:11)
Who is sending me? (3:13)
What if they don’t believe me? (v 4:1),
I am not good with words? (4:10)
He even pleads in verse 13 “please don’t send me.”
But when God calls upon Mary to bring forth the deliverer, there is but one very natural question of how would she bear a child since she is a virgin. She listens, understands and submits to God’s plan of deliverance. She quite simply and humbly states, “I am your servant.”
What is our response to God? I’m guessing we don’t have quite the grand task of delivering a nation or our Savior… but we are called.
Do we respond with objection after objection or do we humbly say yes.
