Rethinking Generosity: God Gives Work

Exodus 2:11-25

_______ Number of jobs you have had since age 16.

_______ Number of careers you have had since age 21.

Moses had three careers, each lasting 40 years.

• 1^st 40 Prince of Egypt

1. Moses may have been a builder.
2. Moses may have been a warrior.
3. Moses was a murderer.

• 2^nd 40 Shepherd of Midian

1. Moses was a husband.
2. Moses was a father.
3. Moses was a shepherd.

• 3^rd 40  Deliverer of Israel

1. Being a prince prepared him to lead.
2. Being a murderer humbled him.
3. Being a shepherd prepared him to protect and serve.

Main Point:  God gives us work to prepare us for being generous to Him and others.