We omit this part of the story. Moses, one of the greatest Biblical leaders, really was not interested in doing his part. He'd already fled Egypt and wanted to spend his days caring for sheep in Midian, far from Egypt and the life he left behind. Every time God made a way forward, Moses came up with a reason as to why Moses wasn't the man for the job. Moses kept saying no -- he was afraid and uncertain. He seems convinced that it is God asking him, but he wasn't want any part of God's plan here.
Moses is human, too. You can probably relate to being afraid and uncertain. It's easy to think that if we knew what Biblical characters knew, we'd go along joyfully with God's plan, but that's omitting the reality that most of them didn't go along willingly. They resisted, often every step of the way. They were human like we are, and God loved them and used them as part of the greater story of liberation.
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