Moses' journey from Midian to Egypt in answer to God's call to set Israel free was spiritual as much as it was physical. The bold man of God who faced Pharaoh in Exodus 5 is hardly the timid doubter of Exodus 4.
In his journey to Egypt he left Midian and the middle. Even the name has 'mid' in it. He left the moderation and compromise that had characterized his life for the clarity and commitment of total surrender to God. It is best seen in the strange text of Exodus 4:24-26. Moses' dramatic encounter with God reveals the compromise even one who was going to serve God was willing to accept.
To compromise is to ignore a principle for a perceived personal benefit. Moses was ignoring God's command to circumcise his son. His motivation, based on his wife's reaction, appears to be a desire to please her. What is obvious here is that God despises compromise.
And when Moses' began to live in complete commitment to God and run from compromise his doubts began to melt away and he became a confident man of God. Remember James 1tells us "a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways." Live truly before God, run from compromise and see the confidence in you grow.
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