A Living Torah – Parasha Va’era
Weekly Sidra: Va’era (and I appeared)
Torah Portion: Shemot / Exodus 6:2 – 9:35
Haftorah: Yechetzkel / Ezekiel 28:25 – 29:21
The Lord replied to Moses, "See, I place you in the role of God to Pharaoh, with your brother Aaron as your prophet. 2 You shall repeat all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh to let the Israelites depart from his land. (Shemot 7:1, 2)
This week we read of the start of the ten plagues on Egypt. God tells Moses that Moses will be placed in the role of God to Pharaoh. This begs the question why does God need Moses to be in the role of God? Why can’t God speak for Himself?
The answer to this is found in the Besorah HaTova (Good News). In Ephesians 2:10 Rav Shaul states “For we are of God’s making, created in union with Yeshua the Messiah for a life of good actions already prepared by God for us to do.”
Therefore, God has created us for the purpose of doing what God has called us to do. If we are faithful in doing what God has called us to do we will increase our emmuna (faith) and bitachon (trust) in God. In Yacov (James) we read
“20 But, foolish fellow, do you want to be shown that such "faith" apart from actions is dead? 21 Wasn’t Avraham avinu declared righteous because of actions when he offered up his son Yitz’chak on the altar? 22 You see that his faith worked with his actions; by the actions the faith was made complete. (Jacob 2:20-22)
When I am at work I must be careful in all I say and do because I am a representative of my company. I will be judged by co-workers, my boss and members of the public by how I conduct myself.
How much more should we be cognizant of being God’s ambassadors? Just as Moses represented God to Pharaoh, so to we represent God to those around us.
It is not enough just to believe that God sent us, but we must put our faith into action. We are God’s ambassadors. Sometimes we are the only Torah that people will read.
What kind of Torah are you? Is your faith alive or dead?
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