In a society that has a focus on self, reconciliation, which regards others above ourselves, is counter-cultural. But this kind of love is a command. And, it is also a gift. Jesus put reconciliation before sacrifice making himself the last and final sacrifice for our sins so that we could have a relationship with God.
God’s desire was to set the people of Israel free from Egypt. He put them in a position so weak that, to survive, they would have to discover how powerful they could be is they trusted in him. Slavery was God’s path to freedom.
God knows everything so he knew that the burden was too much for Moses to bear alone. Perhaps God was waiting for Moses to ask. What if God is waiting for you to ask for the thing that you need?
Jesus’ constant call and command to us is to be reconciled to one another. Even our Judas’. In fact, it is the way we will know how to recognize and distinguish his true disciples from false teachers.