He just couldn’t take it anymore. Moses saw an Egyptian beating an Israelite and it was literally the last straw. When he witnessed

this violent scene, he responded in anger and killed the Egyptian taskmaster. Then, knowing his life was in danger, Moses fled to the backside of the desert.

As you learned in series 5 devotions, for forty long years

Moses lived with the memory of an aborted destiny. He had tried, and failed. Would God ever use him again? Have you been there? Are you there right now? You tried to step out and do what God called you to do, only to fail. Have you, like Moses, retreated to the desert to nurse your wounds?