forties, but by the time God called him through the burning bush, he was a humbled man in his eighties—ready for his assignment. I think God saw in him the right heart for the job—as He did in David—and just had to downsize his ego. Moses’ forty years in the desert took care of that problem. I find it interesting that God got mad at Moses for his excuses but did not fire him: “Then the LORD’s anger burned against Moses and he said, ‘What about your brother, Aaron the Levite?’” (Ex. 4:14). He could