His Staff

Exodus 4:1-5 ESV

1 Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The Lord did not appear to you. ’” 2 The Lord said to him, “What is that in your hand? ” He said, “A staff. ” 3 And he said, “Throw it on the ground. ” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it. 4 But the Lord said to Moses, “Put out your hand and catch it by the tail”—so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand— 5 “that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you. ” 

Perhaps this sign speaks of Satan, who began as chief angel of God, only to fall to the ground and turn into something else. Moses was afraid. God told him to reach out and take hold of the serpent by the tail. God gave Moses power over the snake. God would use His Son to defeat death. 

His staff, it comforts me.