A few days back, I had this conversation with someone about where Christians stand in terms of voicing out their opinions especially with regard to the government. This is a long-standing debate and I'm not gonna attempt to flesh out something as broad as this.

However, I want to provide some thoughts about Moses and his role in Exodus. This is mainly because the person I was talking to knew someone who presented Moses as a revolutionary who exposed the injustices experienced by the Israelites and demanded their freedom.

The first thing I pointed out was that in the case of Moses, God's leading was very clear. Moses didn't just wake up one morning and say to himself, "I'm woke! Time to go to Egypt and rescue the people from the hands of the Egyptians." In fact, God set the stage and made it every clear to Moses what should be done and why. One interesting thing to note here was that Moses was very hesitant to do this at first.

But Moses said to God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” (Exodus 3:11, NIV)

And then again...

Moses said to the Lord, “Pardon your servant, Lord. I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.” (Exodus 4:10, NIV)

With every question that Moses presented, God had a clear answer. Everything was already laid down.

With that in mind, it is clear that God commissioned Moses to accomplish something. It was a mission, specifically a rescue mission designed to bring the Israelites away from their misery. Not a protest if I may say.

Didn't Moses speak up for the rights of the Israelites? Didn't he demand that the Israelites be freed from their current state? Yes, he did. However, we need to take note that everything that Moses did and every word that came out of his mouth were from God. Now that's something we need to be very mindful about.

I understand that sometimes it's so much easier to just take matters into our own hands. Unfortunately, this doesn't really end well for us. Finite wisdom and emotions don't really work well together. Imagine if Moses did that. Do you think he would be successful?

If we want to do our part as Christians, let's stick to what God is instructing us to do. There will always be injustices in this broken world of us. Things won't ever be fair. It's not up to us to fix things. It is the Lord who will do that. If He calls us to do something, then that's the time we do something. Moses and even Paul were not revolutionaries. They had a mission and they accomplished it. They didn't start poking around and see what sticks. From the start, God told them exactly what needs to be done and how it should be done.  

If we want to do our part as Christians, let's continue seeking the Lord and continue to allow Him to transform our lives. Not speaking out verbally doesn't necessarily correlate with tolerance. It could be that our effectivity lies in praying fervently to God about it. Or maybe it could be that striking meaningful conversations with someone is our contribution. Or maybe our silence is the only effective way for us to develop something in our character. The point is, there are countless ways that God can use us and that's not up to us to decide. If God wants you to go out into the streets, He will clearly tell you how to do that the right way.

If we want to do our part as Christians, let's lift up our holy hands in prayer. Isn't God more powerful than all our words or actions?

The God of the universe is not blind to what's happening around us. Let's not forget that. Let's not take matters into our own hands.