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Monday Jun 06, 2022
Monday Jun 06, 2022
You would think that at any point in Exodus 7-10, Pharaoh would have had enough and abandoned his stubborn hold on the people of Israel. However, just as the plagues have become harder, so has Pharaoh’s heart (Exodus 11:10). It takes one last plague to break his resolve and force his hand to send God’s people on their way (11:1). In this passage, we read what the plague on the firstborn will entail. We also see God’s gracious provision to spare the life of His people, called the Passover.
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
As we begin to look at the plagues, we see a pattern emerge. God makes a clear statement through these plagues to His people and to the Egyptians. He sends the plagues in a calculated and orderly way, showing His sovereignty and His divine order among the affairs of men. Nothing is random or by chance. God is in complete control over everything: past, present, and future.
Monday May 23, 2022
Monday May 23, 2022
In Exodus 6:28-29, God once again reminds Moses of his task, which is to stand before Pharaoh and deliver to Pharaoh all of the words that God has spoken to Moses. As usual, Moses gives God an excuse! He says, “Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips. How will Pharaoh listen to me?” (v. 30). Moses feels very unfit to accomplish this task. Will the king of Egypt listen to this old, stuttering Hebrew man? What unfolds next should provide us all with great encouragement and prove to us that God uses very unfit people to accomplish His perfect plan!
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
We’d all like to deliver on our word when we make commitments, but sometimes we can’t. We can get sick, or our car won’t start, or we simply forget to follow through. God is not subject to any of these limitations or lapses. He is all-powerful and is never unable to do what He says He will do. In this passage, God answers Moses’ complaint about the effect of his first audience with Pharaoh with a series of “I will” statements. Over the course of the first half of Exodus, God will fulfill these commitments over and again.
Monday May 09, 2022
Monday May 09, 2022
The instruction God gave to Moses at the burning bush was very clear. “You and the elders of Israel shall go to the king of Egypt” (Exodus 3:18). At the end of chapter 4, things seemed to be going according to plan. Moses and Aaron had met with the elders, pitched the plan, performed the signs God had given them, and Israel believed (4:29-31). However, by the time Moses and Aaron get to Pharaoh, they are conspicuously alone, with no mention of the elders being with them.
Monday May 02, 2022
Monday May 02, 2022
God has equipped Moses with supernatural powers to validate his call, and assured Moses of his inevitable success in bringing the Israelites out of Egypt, despite Moses’ unbelief and lack of confidence in himself. Moses has all he needs to return back to Egypt to rescue the Hebrews from the snares of the Egyptians.
However, Moses must first return from the wilderness to Midian, to formally seek the permission of Jethro to rejoin his kindred back in Egypt.
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
In Exodus 3:10-4:17, God introduced Himself with His sovereign name and revealed His purpose for Moses - to deliver the people of Israel from Pharaoh's hand. Moses' objections show us this was not in his five-year plan!
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Moses has finally settled down with a wife and children, a new extended family, and a job—shepherd of Jethro’s flock. But God has another plan for Moses—Moses is going to deliver God’s people from the hand of Pharaoh and lead them through the wilderness to the Promised Land. He just doesn’t know it yet.
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Moses will be the rescuer God chooses, and His vessel of salvation for the Israelites. It is striking that the first major event in Moses’ life is an act of despicable sin. Nevertheless, God uses Moses to bring about the deliverance of His people. This is a stark reminder that God uses even the most shameful events in human history to bring about His good purpose.
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
In chapter two, we zoom in to see how the crisis of the Israelites affects the family of Moses. We can imagine that Moses, the author of Exodus, heard this story more than once from the mouths of the three women involved in his rescue from Pharaoh’s murderous edict. Let’s meet these women, each one an instrument of God’s providence.