Stretched To Face Your Fears

But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand. So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all the wonders that I will do in it; after that he will let you go. – Ex 3:19-20 ESV

Then Moses answered and said, “But suppose they will not believe me or listen to my voice; suppose they say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’” So the Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A rod.” And He said, “Cast it on the ground.” So he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand) – Ex 4:1-4 NKJV

  Why Moses’ ?

  Moses’ rod

Who are you counting on, that you have rebelled against Me? On Egypt? If you lean on Egypt, it will be like a reed that splinters beneath your weight and pierces your hand. Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, is completely unreliable! – Is 36:5b-6 NLT

  The that makes no sense 

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand and take it by the tail” (and he reached out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand) – Ex 4:4 NKJV

When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. – Ex 2:15a

  The rod you pick up the rod you threw down

Then Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on a donkey, and he returned to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the rod of God in his hand. – Ex 4:20