May we therefore trust God to help us and may our gifts be nurtured for His use. The staff we read about became God’s staff and Moses grew in understanding. He allowed God to work through him even when things on the ground must have looked so different from what God had promised. I’m not sure how long it took before the 10 plagues were over and Israel was allowed to leave. It must have taken faith in God for Moses to endure all that. Exodus 4:18-31.