Moses: The Leader of God’s People | Leo & Layla's History Adventures | PragerU Kids

foreign what's going on in here yeah I know it's a mess I'm leading my school's food drive so I have to make posters and organize the collection and contact the food bank and coordinate Transportation wow that sounds like a lot of work for one person is anyone helping you well I haven't asked for any what do you mean you can't do all of this on your own on top of your homework and volleyball practice well I want to prove that I'm independent and hardworking look Layla I know those are good qualities and all but if no one is working with you who are you actually leading hmm I didn't think of it that way but I know if I want something done right I've got to do it myself well I'm sure all great leaders need help at some point in their lives no one can do it all on their own how can you be so sure uh I can't but I bet the history app can help us yeah maybe leadership [Music] where are we I have no idea but I definitely should have worn different shoes you can say that again my feet are gonna be blister City hey look someone's over there maybe he can help us [Music] hello there my name is Layla and this is my brother Leo [Music] hi nice to me oh [Music] meet you well hello children why are you up here all alone and not with the rest of the Hebrews in the promised land oh we aren't Hebrews we're time travelers from the future visiting because my brother thinks even good leaders need to ask for help hmm interesting well let me properly introduce myself my name is Moses wow I know you you're the baby who floated down the Nile River yup that's me that's right I remember learning about you in Sunday school why did your mom send you down the river anyway well God had blessed the Hebrews with many babies and their population had grown a lot the pharaoh of Egypt was threatened by this what why did he feel threatened by babies he didn't fear the babies he was just concerned about being outnumbered and because of this fear he ordered all the firstborn Hebrew Sons to be killed he wanted to reduce and control the Hebrew population that's just awful it was awful my mother knew she had to do something to save my life so she put me in God's hands and sent me down the river wow what a risk anything could have happened you're right and many things did end up happening what do you mean well God led me to an Egyptian princess who raised me as her own child I was blessed to have had a very loving childhood but then when I got older things changed I discovered I was a Hebrew and that my people were being mistreated that's rough how did you deal with that unfortunately I allowed my rage to consume me when I should have turned to God for help rather than waiting for God's plan I took matters into my own hands I saw a Hebrew being mistreated by an Egyptian so I lost my temper and ended up killing him you what to make matters even worse I also tried to cover it up were you caught by the police um I'm not quite sure what the police is but the Pharaoh came after me and I was fearful not being able to face what I had done I ran away that decision still haunts me to this day oh yeah that's kind of a big deal what happened after you ran away I started the new life in Midian overall it was pretty ordinary I got married had some kids talked to God you talked to God I sure did it was frightening at first because he came to me as fire no way how did you know it was God well one he was a talking flame in the bush that didn't burn and two he said I am the god of your father the god of Abraham the god of Isaac and the god of Jacob that's pretty clear what did he want he has signed me a big test to do for him I was in complete disbelief that out of all the people he could have asked he chose me see Layla even God gives people jobs rather than just doing it all himself wow I guess you're right God was concerned about the Hebrews in Egypt he had heard their cries and wanted me to go in his name and set them free and take them to the promised land wow what an honor God Must Have Known what an end dependent and hard worker you were whoa there hold your donkeys I mean I am a hard worker but I wouldn't call myself independent I knew I needed help to complete this Mission the task was too big to do alone not to mention I'm a terrible public speaker especially when I get nervous couldn't you have asked God to help you with your speaking skills no way I tried my best to weasel my way out of it I begged him to send someone else instead unfortunately he just got heated with me for doubting his plan ah get it he did since he was fire I see that you and my brother have the same sense of humor but what I still don't understand is why God would choose you if you couldn't do it on your own that's a really good question Layla open my long life I've learned that God usually doesn't call us to do things within our abilities since we are more likely to take the credit ourselves instead of giving the a credit to him yeah I've heard the expression give credit where credit is due and God does deserve all the credit so what ended up happening well I ended up accepting the assignment but God helped me he sent my brother Aaron with me who's a great public speaker by the way and God also made my staff very powerful he made this old staff do some pretty amazing things in my lifetime it sounds like asking for help really helped it sure did I'm not sure how he could have handled those plagues all by myself what plagues God sent all sorts of punishment to the Egyptians to convince the pharaoh to free the Hebrews first he turned the Nile into blood then there were frogs everywhere gross I hate frogs you think frogs were bad next came the disgusting Nets and swarming flies followed by dead livestock oh it was just terrible then the boils came next the oozing and the smell was almost more than I could handle my skin is crawling the feral must have let your people go at this point unfortunately no sadly he was a very stubborn man apparently rotting skin wasn't convincing enough so then God made the weather extreme hail destroyed the land of Egypt and what was left was then devoured by locusts did that do the trick not exactly his heart still did not soften it took three days of darkness and the death of all the firstborn sons in Egypt including his own son for him to finally let God's people go how sad it was a sad day for the Egyptian people in a very stressful time for me I was now responsible for bringing all of the Hebrews to the promised land at least you could finally relax though once you were all there not exactly our journey was much longer than expected 40 years to be exact 40 years yes it was a long difficult journey through the desert but I've come to learn that God does things in his own timing not in ours you're right I've been praying about being the captain of my soccer team it hasn't happened yet but I'm sure it will I just hope it doesn't take 40 years Moses how on Earth did you handle wandering in the desert for 40 years well I had to get a lot of help from God my family and the Hebrew people I didn't always want help but deep down I knew the work was too much for just one person to handle yeah it's hard for me to ask for help too I don't want to look weak asking for help is not weak in fact it's a very brave thing to do God created us to lean on him and one another in times of need besides most people are happy to help out yeah you're right I love helping people so did the Hebrews I found this out after trying to do everything on my own thankfully my mindset changed when my very wise father-in-law told me not to sit alone known that I should delegate my tasks so that my people and I would be happier did you follow his advice I sure did I tapped into the intelligence the talents and the resources of the Hebrew people we got so much more accomplished when we worked together did you hear that Layla tap into the talents and resources at your school I'm sure the art kids would love to make the food drive posters yeah that's a really good idea I think you're on to something that sounds like a great plan there's no way I could have built the Tabernacle the ark the table and so many other things for god without the skills of the Hebrew people my job wasn't to do it all but to only make sure it was done in accordance with God's word now I get it the important thing is that the job gets done even if that means asking for help nailed it so if you got the job done does that mean this is the promised land no you can see it over there but this is Mount Nebo I didn't get to enter the promised land with the rest of God's people you see even though I should have learned to listen to God I still tried to take matters into my own hands what did you do when the people were desperate for water God gave me instruction on how to produce it from a rock by speaking to it I was so full of Pride and frustration at the time though that I didn't follow his instructions you didn't but that sounds so easy I know I know but I was mad so instead of talking to it I hit the rock twice with Aaron's staff God had been trying to help us but I disobeyed him and decided to do it my own way this is why I wasn't allowed to go into the promised land with everyone else wow sorry that's a bummer it's all right as a leader I should have been a better example and I have accepted God's judgment and have realized that the promised land was promised to the Hebrew people not just to me this journey was never about me it was always about God's people wow Moses you've given me a lot to think about you sure have well I'm glad I could help now go forth my children and may God continue to guide you every step of the way thank you bye foreign this looks great thanks Leo but there were a lot of amazing people involved in getting this organized so you ended up asking for help after all I sure did like Moses I realize the food drive isn't all about me it's about the people we're trying to feed plus I made some really cool friends along the way thanks for helping me Leo anytime Layla I brought some packets of cocoa and tea speaking of which do you know how Moses likes to prepare his teeth I don't think so he proves it Leo if you'd like to time travel with Leo and Layla again please visit prageryoukids.com and watch more of their Adventures