Beginning of the End - Ellen G. White

over all who needed his help.
Doing God's Work the Wrong Way
In Egypt Moses had learned much that he must unlearn. The
influences that had surrounded him had left deep impressions on his
developing mind and to some extent had molded his habits and
character. Time could remove these impressions. It would require a
life-and-death kind of struggle for Moses to renounce error and
accept truth, but God would be his helper when the conflict would
be too severe for human strength.
"If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to
all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him"
(James 1:5). But God will not give people divine light while they are
content to remain in darkness. In order to receive God's help, they
must realize their weakness and need, they must apply their own
minds to the great change God wants to work in them, and they must
be moved to earnest, steady prayer and effort.
Shut in by the high mountain walls, Moses was alone with
God. In the solemn grandeur of the everlasting hills he saw the
majesty of the Most High, and in contrast he realized how powerless
the gods of Egypt were. Here his pride and self-sufficiency were
swept away. The results of Egypt's luxury disappeared. Moses
became patient, reverent, and "very humble, more than all men who
were on the face of the earth" (Numbers 12:3), yet strong in faith.
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