Moses: the self-proclaimed nobody who lead his people to freedom

The book of Exodus starts by recapping the final events from the book of Genesis.  The Israelites then found themselves under the leadership of a new king who did not think very highly of them, and treated them very cruelly--this was mostly due to their high numbers, and in a time of war they feared the Israelites would turn on them.  The entire chapter 1 is devoted to this, how the Egyptians were fearful of the Israelites and pushed them more and more into slavery.

Then, starting in chapter 2, Moses was born.

We all remember from Sunday School how Moses, as an infant, was placed in a basket along the river and hid it--this was due to the king's order that all infant males born of the Israelites were to be killed.  Then, the Egypt king's daughter went down to the river and saw Moses.  She then adopted him as her own.

Moses grew up knowing he wasn't an Egyptian.  He was a Hebrew, one of the Israelites.  He saw how badly they were treated.

One day, God calls to Moses--He comes to him in the form of a burning bush.  He then tells Moses that He is going to send Moses to the king of Egypt so he can lead the Israelites out of Egypt.  In chapter 3, verse 11, Moses tells God that he is a nobody and that nobody would listen to him.  God tells him that He will be with him and gives Moses miraculous power to show his people that Moses has been given God's power.

In chapter 4, verse 10, Moses tells God that he is not a good speaker, and he is slow and hesitant.  God then tells him to take his brother Aaron to speak for him, as he was a good speaker.