At age forty, Moses left Egypt. He spent the next forty years living in Midian. At age 80, he encountered God, and that led him back to Egypt, to be the eventual deliverer of God's people. Exodus 4 tells us the story of how Moses begins his trek back to the land where he was born.

However, this passage is also filled with unique and strange elements. Passages like Exodus 4 provoke lots of questions. Quite frankly, it is a strange passage of Scripture. But this passage also highlights that God is faithful, he has supernatural powers over nature, and he is mighty to save.