Aaron’s Mouth

So, I’ve been doing a study on my name…well, sort of.  I decided to study Aaron in the Bible and see what kind of guy he was.  I’m learning something I believe they teach in Sunday school, but it’s lead to a chain of thoughts that is proving to be very challenging.  Now, I’m still working through these thoughts, so bear with me.

Aaron, as we all know, was Moses’ mouth (Exodus 4:14-17).  Moses got all self-conscious and what-not and complained to God that he wasn’t a good speaker, so God decided to use Aaron as his mouthpiece (you can read from the beginning of chapter 4 to get the whole context).  None of that was new information to me, again, I learned all that a while ago.  But what I either forgot or never heard before was how much Aaron was actually involved.  Initially I thought this “mouthpiece” thing was just for when Moses went to Pharaoh, but it was so much more than that.  Aaron was the one who performed the miracles in front of Pharaoh, he was the one speaking to the children of Israel, in fact, he was pretty much the physical voice of God to the people.  It was like a chain of command – God spoke to Moses.  Moses spoke to Aaron.  Aaron spoke to the people.

I think what I’m learning most from this is how much Aaron and Moses had to be a team.  They both had to be following God, they had to be obedient to everything the Lord said, and they had to be completely HUMBLE.  Aaron’s humility came because he was waiting to hear from Moses.  Moses’ humility came in the fact that Aaron was the one up front.  I think so often in leadership these days, there is competition, or people fighting for the limelight.  There was no room for competition in this situation.  Both were trusting and relying on each other to do/say exactly what the Lord was leading them to.

This applies to me so directly right now!  I desire to do BIG things.  I want to see a generation catch fire with passion for reaching the lost.  At times it’s hard for me to find people on the exact same page as me and I very much feel alone in this quest.  BUT I’m learning about how much I need other people with the same passions but different talents.

Aaron couldn’t have done it without Moses.  Moses couldn’t have done it without Aaron.

Find people with the same heart.  Join them.  Celebrate each others gifts.  Advance the Kingdom.