Moses con't

Last entry we left of with Moses' doubts and fears and God's sovereignty. I love this next part because just when you think you're beginning to figure God out, he throws you a curveball. It's probably one of the more puzzling accounts in scripture. After God approaches Moses and goes through all the trouble to assure him that He is in control, that He will be with Moses, the next thing we read is that God tries to kill Moses. Hahaha, I love it! Ex 4:24-26. I think this was put down in God's word for all the people who try and put God in a box and say, "God could not possibly do that". God is full of surprises. We should not be quick to predict what he will or will not do, we cannot assume we know God by what we hear about him, we are always at his mercy. We cannot discount his justice on account of His love. My understanding of this incident is that God tried to kill Moses to demonstrate his holiness-he will not tolerate a light attitude towards his ordinances and will. Moses also had to live to a higher standard because he was chosen by God to be a leader of his people, his mouthpiece, there is a need for him to be set wholly apart. What I wonder at is why Moses hadn't circumcised his son after he was born as he was suppose to. I'm guessing it had something to do with him being in a different land, separated from his people and his God. Circumcision, being a symbol of God's covenant with his people, wasn't really necessary if it felt like God wasn't there and that Moses was no longer with God's people. That's as far as I'm going to assume on this point, but it goes to show, there is so much to be learned even from two verses.